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Who's Who in the 
Rockies 



Published By 

The Denver Press Club 

DENVER, COLORADO 



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N presenting this graphic summary 
of the achievements of leading 
citizens of the Rocky Mountain 
States the Denver Press Club feels 
that it is doing a service which 
has long been neglected. For sev- 
eral years there has existed a def- 
inite need, even a demand, for such a work as 
this volume embraces. From the newspapers, 
the magazines and other sources, including pub- 
lic libraries, has come a sustained inquiry for 
information and photographic material pertain- 
ing to those whose identity is so closely merged 
with the progress, growth and development of 
the region of the Rockies. 

In its compilation it has been necessary to 
eliminate, rather than to urge representation in 
order to maintain a standard in keeping with 
those who alone bear the qualifications which 
were the basis of their selection. 

Here will be found the leaders in every line 
of endeavor — industry, letters, statecraft, educa- 
tion, social progress. To them instinctively looks 
every cause which is designed to promote the gen- 
eral welfare. It is with a view to diffusing the 
knowledge of their works, and of rousing in the 
hearts of those who shall come to citizenship 
after them a desire for similar patriotic service 
that this book is brought before the public. 

"Who's Who in the Rockies" is intended to 
answer the very question implied by its name. 

The Denver Press Club. 



The 
DENVER PRESS CLUB CREED 




VER SINCE its birth in 1905, the 
Denver Press Club has been a vital 
force in the Rocky Mountain region. 
Never in politics, it always has 
fought against anything that tended 
to bring disgrace to Colorado and 
striven for everything that would 
maintain the sacred ideals of the Common- 
wealth. Never in business, it nevertheless 
has sought to encourage commerce and 
industry, to criticize honestly, and to stamp 
out unmanliness and cowardice, to quicken 
good impulses, and crush that which is dis- 
honest and unfair. 

Its charities, though limited, are discriminat- 
ing, heartfelt and unheralded. 

The Denver Press Club stands for that which 
is clean, that which is right, that which is 
ethical, and that which is honorable. It seeks 
to destroy the germs of wrong and to plant 
the seeds of right thinking and right living. 

It represents a profession whose breadth 
and power is limited only by the confines of 
the world itself. Its basic membership is com- 
posed exclusively of newspapermen in Denver 
and throughout the state. 

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Denver, Colorado 




Aitkeiu Leonard L. 



\ FTER many successful years in the mining industry, Leonard L. 
Aitken, of Denver, in 1912 turned his attention to oil. Mr. Aitken 
took up the study of law at the Kent College of Law, in Chicago, 111., 
but deserted that profession for mining. He removed to Colorado Springs 
in December, 1898, remaining there until he was called to Denver to 
become president of the Midwest Oil Company. Mr. Aitken was born in 
Viola, 111., September 3, 1871. He married Jennie Pollock, of Cedarville, 
Ohio, in 1899. They have a son, Leonard L., Jr., and a daughter, Regina. 
Mr. Aitken is a member of the Denver Country Club and the Denver 
Athletic Club. 




Aitken, Richard McKinnie 

"piCHARD McKINNIE AITKEN. former president of the Mountain 
and Gulf Oil Company, is an independent oil operator with wide 
experience. He is a resident of Denver, but has business interests in all 
parts of tlie West. Mr. Aitken was born in Viola, 111., August 4, 1882, 
and removed to Colorado in 1909, settling in Colorado Springs. Before 
engaging in the oil business he followed manufacturing and the produc- 
tion of coal. Mr. Aitken resigned as head of the Mountain and Gulf 
company in 1921. He was married, in 1906, to Zardee Zinn, of Colorado 
Springs, and has one son. He belongs to the Lakewood Country Club, 
His hobbies are golf and outdoor life. 




Alexander, Hugh J, 

/^NE of the veteran financiers of Denver is Hugh J. Alexander, presi- 
dent of the First National Bank. He was bom August 20, 1851, at 
Fairfield, Iowa. Following the completion of his high school education, 
he became deputy county clerk. When he was 22 he removed to Colorado, 
and in 1876 entered the banking business. He was associated with 
Thatcher Brothers and was at various times in business in Colorado 
Springs, Lake City and Trinidad. Mr. Alexander is a vice-president and 
director of the International Trust Company, Denver, and director of the 
First National Bank of Pueblo. He is a Mason, and a member of the 
Denver Club and Denver Country Club. He was married to Jennie King 
of Buffalo, N. Y., September 23, 1880. Golfing and motoring are his 
favorite pastimes. 




Allen^ Frank P. 



Tj^RANK P. ALLEN, of the Bohm-Allen Jewelry Company, removed to 
Denver in 1889 and became manager of the Joslin & Park Jewelry 
Company. Li 1905 he entered the firm of Bohm-Bristol Company and 
changed it to the Bohm-Allen Jewelry Company, of which he became 
president. Through his ability and untiring efforts, the business has 
developed into one of the outstanding enterprises of Denver. Mr. Allen 
was born in Burlington, Vt., in 1856. In 1873 he was married to Har- 
riette Joslin, daughter of J. J. Joslin. An ardent believer in the possi- 
bilities of Colorado and the West, he has been prominently identified 
with virtually every great civic movement in Denver. Keenly interested 
in horsemanship, Mr. Allen is a member of the Gentlemen's Driving and 
Riding Club. He is also a member of the Denver Athletic Club, the 
Civic and Commercial Association, and Elks. 




Allen, George Wcishington 



n EORGE WASHINGTON ALLEN, justice of the Colorado Supreme 
Court, was born in Warren, Pa. He removed to Colorado 43 years 
ago. His elevation to the highest tribunal of the state followed after 
twenty-two years on the Denver district bench. He obtained his higher 
education at the State Normal School of Pennsylvania and Randolph 
College. On completing his training, Judge Allen began the practice of 
law in Pennsylvania. He was married to Sarah Allen, formerly of Lions- 
ville. Pa. He has three sons. Judge Allen is one of Colorado's most 
ardent students of Masonry, having been one of the state's pioneer mem- 
bers of that order. He has contributed materially to the growth and 
development of the state. 
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Argall, Albert Joseph 



A LBERT JOSEPH ARGALL, M.D., is a leader in the medical pro- 
fession, and is a specialist as an oto-laryngologist. He was born 
in Roach, England, May L 1886, and went to Leadville, Colo., in 1889. 
Dr. Argall moved to Denver in 1891 and has since maintained his home 
and practice in that city. He was graduated from the University of 
Colorado at Boulder in 1910. From 1917 to 1921 he served as a surgeon 
in the United States Navy. Dr. Argall is a member of the Sigma Alpha 
Epsilon college fraternity and Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity. Also 
he is a member of the Rocky Mountain Country Club, Mount Vernon 
Country Club, Denver Motor Club, and the Masonic order. He is a golf 
enthusiast. Dr. Argall is not married. 




Arneill, James Rae 

/^LITSTANDING in the medical profession of Colorado is Dr. James 
Rae Arneill, of Denver. Dr. Arneill was born in East DePeere, 
Wisconsin, March 6, 1869. He received the degrees of A. B., 1890, and 
LL. D., 1922, from Lawrence College, Wisconsin; and the degree of M. D. 
from the University of Michigan, 1894. He was a member of the Med- 
ical Faculty of the University of Michigan from 1897 to 1903. He was 
called to the chair of Medicine in the University of Colorado in 1903, 
resigning in 1916. He was married to Sara Hyatt Taylor of Pittsburg in 
1900. Dr. Arneill was a Vice-President of the American Congress on 
Internal Medicine, 1921-22. In addition to membership in the American 
College of Physicians and various other medical societies. Dr. Arneill 
is a member of the University Club and the Denver Country Club; his 
fraternity affiliations include Phi Beta Kappa. Sigma Psi and Nu 
Sigma Nu. 




Baldwin, F. D. (Deceased) 



IVTAJOR GENERAL FRANK D. BALDWIN, retired, of Denver, was the 
possessor of a military record that liad few equals. Entering the 
service as a member of the Michigan Horse Guards during the Civil War, 
he took part in Sherman's march to the sea and was awarded the Con- 
gressional Medal for distinguished service. General Baldwin was born 
June 26, 1842, in Manchester, Mich. He was married to Alice Blackwood 
of Northville, Mich., on January 10. 1867. One child was born. General 
Baldwin also distinguished himself during the Indian and Spanish- 
American wars. Later he became adjutant general of Colorado. When 
the World War broke out he took various active parts in the service. 
General Baldwin was a member of the Loyal Legion, National Geographic 
Society, Society of Indian Wars, Army and Navy Club, Denver Club, 
Veterans of Foreign Wars, United Spanish-American Veterans, and 
various other military and civil organizations. He died April 22, 1923. 




Bardwell, Rodney J. 



"DODNEY J. BARDWELL, born at Tunkhannock, Pa., August 17, 
1870, was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1894 and later to the 
Colorado bar. He removed to Denver in 1895. In 1900 he married Iva 
Shepard, of Denver. They have four children. Mr. Bardwell is a director 
and general counsel for The Denver Gas and Electric Light Company, 
Hamilton National Bank, and American Life Insurance Company. He 
is trustee and secretary of the Colorado School of Mines, president of 
the Denver Motor Club, and a member of the Denver Club, Denver 
Athletic Club, Denver Country Club, Denver Civic and Commercial 
Association, United States Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the 
Sons of the American Revolution. He is a Past Potentate of El Jebel 
Temple, Past Eminent Commander of Knights Templar, and a thirty- 
second degree Mason. K. C. C. H. He is of Republican faith and served 
as state senator from 1907 to 1911. 




Bare. Frank A. 



t'RANK A. BARE, of Denver, is president of the Tritcfi Hardware 
Company, one of the largest jobbing houses in the West. Mr. Bare, 
who is widely known in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain territorj', 
was born in Sardinia, Ohio, July 11, 1872. He has engaged in the hard- 
ware business virtually all his business life. He attended Ohio North- 
ern University. He was married. December 23, 1899, to Ginevra 
Huffman, of Seymour, Ind. Mr. Bare is president of the Denver Tourist 
and Publicity Bureau, and belongs to the Denver Press Club, Denver 
Club, Denver Athletic Club, Denver Country Club, Denver Civic and 
Commercial Association, and the Masonic order. Reading is his hobby. 




Bare, Orlan E. 



T EAVING the banking business in Sardinia, Ohio, his birthplace, 
Orlan E. Bare removed to Denver in 1918. He is vice-president and 
manager of the Tritch Hardware Company. For years he was interested 
in the hardware business in Washington and Mansfield, Ohio. Mr. Bare 
was born July 10, 1864. He rose to the position of vice-president of the 
Sardinia Banking Company, serving several years in that capacity. He 
was a member of the state republican organization of Ohio through sev- 
eral administrations, and was associated with President Harding in the 
state organization. He was a member of the board of managers, Ohio 
State Reformatory, 1904 to 1912. He was educated at Ohio Northern 
University, at Ada. Mr. Bare was married to Irma Thompson, Sep- 
tember 26, 1893. He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, Optimists 
Club, and is a Mason. Motoring is his chief diversion. 




Barnes, Harry E, 



TTARRY E. BARNES was born at Tallmadge, Ohio, October 2\, 1876. 
He attended Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio, and the Zanerian Art 
College, Columbus, Ohio. After teaching in the public schools of Ohio 
for four years he entered the commercial teaching field, first at St. Louis, 
Mo., for two years, and then in charge of the commercial department of 
Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Pa., for three years. He removed to 
Denver in 1904, and with his brother founded the Barnes Commercial 
School, of which he is president. Starting with four pupils, the Barnes 
School now has an annual enrollment of 1,500, with students in attend- 
ance from more than thirty states. Mr. Barnes married Helen C. Eddy, 
in 1908. He is an active church man. especially interested in the promo- 
tion of Sunday schools, is a charter member of the Denver Rotary Club, 
a member of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association. Sons of the 
American Revolution, and Knights of Pythias. 




Barnett, John T. 



T^ORMER Attorney General of Colorado, Jolin T. Barnett is one of the 
outstanding attorneys of the Rocky Mountain region. He is president 
of Mountain Producers Corporation, one of the largest oil-producing 
companies in Wyoming. Mr. Barnett was born at Potsdam, N. Y., June 
22, 1869. He was educated at the State Normal School of Potsdam and 
at the Chicago College of Law, a branch of Lake Forest University. 
He was a member of the National Democratic Committee for Colorado, 
1912 to 1920. He owned and edited the Silverton Miner, 1892 to 1894. 
He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, Denver Club, University 
Club, Lakewood Club, Denver Country Club, Cherry Hills Club. He was 
married to Emily Louise Schlesinger March 7, 1917. He delights in all 
forms of outdoor sports. 




Bartels, Louis F., Sr. 

"DORN in Bellevue, Neb., December 20, 1861, Louis F. Baitels, Sr., 
became a resident of Denver two years later. He was graduated from 
the law school of the University of Michigan in 1882. He was elected 
a member of the city council of Denver in 1893. serving four years, two 
of them as president. He was assessor from 1909 to 1910, and in 1916 
was again elected to the city council, of which he still is a member. 
He was married to Coddie L. Crandall, of Denver, in 1887. Mrs. Bartels 
died in 1906, and he was married to E. Gertrude Bryant, of Milwaukee, 
Wis., at Corning, Calif., May 21, 1907. He was a member of the first 
charter convention of the City and County of Denver, in 1903. He was 
president of the Denver Real Estate Exchange in 1922. He is a member 
of the Odd Fellows, Phi Delta Phi, and Elks. 




Baum, Charles Lockard (Deceased) 

/^HARLES LOCKARD BAUM was the organizer and president of the 
Consolidated Coal and Coke Company, operating in northern Colo- 
rado, in 1887. and, with the exception of eight years, was a resident of 
Denver until his death in California, April 29, 1922. The famous Weld 
County coal fields, developed and opened by him, have become the 
largest producers of lignite coal in Colorado. Mr. Baum formerly was 
engaged in the wholesale hardware business, being an official in the Baum 
Iron Company, in Omaha, Neb. Mr. Baum was born in Burlington. Iowa, 
June 14, 185.5. He was graduated from Ames College, Iowa, also from 
the Fort Madison Academy in Iowa. He was married in 1877 to Daisy 
M. Davis. He is survived by his widow and one daughter. He was an 
active member of the Sportsmen and Swayback Clubs. 




Beatty, Charles Lee 



/^HARLES LEE BEATTY is president of the First Joint Sto.k Land 
Bank, of Cheyenne, Wyo., secretary and manager of the Union Trust 
Company, of Cheyenne, and a stockholder of the First National Bank of 
that city. Mr. Beatty was born in Moravia, Iowa. August 11, 1869, and 
was married to Ethel Bagley, in 1890. He removed to Wyoming in 1907 
and has been a resident of Cheyenne since that time. He is an active 
member of all Masonic bodies and is prominent in any movement tending 
to develop his city and state. 




Bennett, Chester C. 

pHESTER C. BENNETT, of Denver, was born in Lima, Wis., May 25, 
1865. During his youth he worked on a farm and attended district 
school. Afterwards he attended Milton College and taught school. He 
later engaged in the mercantile, real estate and loan business. He was 
married to Laura E. Chapman on November 5, 1889. They have two 
daughters, Audrey, now Mrs. Blaine B. Wallace of Denver, and Ermine, 
now Mrs. Harold J. Sanborn, Schenectady, N. Y. Mr. Bennett founded 
The Western Securities Investment Co.. a farm mortgage institution, of 
which he is president. This company, according to Mr. Bennett, has 
financed several thousand farmers, the loans running into millions of 
dollars. Mr. Bennett is member of the Oriental Lodge, No. 87, A. F. & 
A. M., El Jebel Shrine. Rocky Mountain Consistory, No. 2, and Denver 
Motor Club. 




Bennett, Horace Wilson 



'C'OR 38 years Horace Wilson Bennett has engaged in the real estate 
and investment business in Denver. Removing to Colorado in 1884, 
from Bamburg. Mich., his birthplace, he was one of the founders and 
owners of the town of Cripple Creek at the time gold was discovered 
there in 1891. At that time he had extensive holdings in the district as 
a member of the firm of Bennett & Myers. Later, with the formation 
of his own company. Mr. Bennett interested himself particularly in the 
development of Fifteenth Street, Denver. He has been connected with 
some of the biggest construction and land deals of the city. His country 
home, Wolhurst, is considered one of the most beautiful estates in the 
West. He is a member of the Denver Country Club and the Denver 
Athletic Club. 




Bennett, Mark J, 



jy/JARK J. BENNETT, sales manager for Horace W. Bennett & Com- 
pany, was born in Denver. He attended Dr. Holbrook's Military 
academy, at Ossining, N. Y., preparatory to entering Yale. Since grad- 
uating from Yale he has been associated with his father, who heads the 
Bennett company. During the war he was a member of the 3rd Regiment, 
machine gun company, regular army. Mr. Bennett formerly was president 
of the Denver Office Building Owners and Managers' Association. He is 
a Mason, being a member of Albert Pike Lodge No. 117, Colorado Chap- 
ter No. 29, R. A. M., Denver Commandery No. 25. and El Jebel Shrine. 
He is a member of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association and the 
American Legion. Columbine Post No. 41. 




Berger, William Bart 



WILLIAM BART BERGER, son of the late William B. Berger, one 
of the state's early pioneers, is vice-president of the Colorado 
National Bank, of which his father was once cashier. Mr. Berger is 
a native of Colorado. He was born in Denver, May 1, 1872, and received 
his early education in Denver. He obtained his higher training at Yale, 
where he was graduated in 1893. He was married to Ethel Sayre, of 
Denver, May 25, 1898. He belongs to the Berzelius Club. University Club, 
Denver Country Club, Mile High Club and Cactus Club. Motoring and 
home life are Mr. Berger's diversions. 




Berlin, Isaac (Deceased) 

"Y^HEN he was eighteen years old Isaac Berlin went into business for 
himself. At the time of his death, December 4, 1918, he was one 
of the foremost merchants of Denver. Mr. Berlin was born in New York 
City in 1848. His first business venture was in Oakland, Tenn. A few 
years later he removed to Hannibal, Mo., where he operated a flour mill 
and candy factory. In 1876, Mr. Berlin removed to Colorado, opening 
a grocery store in Boulder, which proved successful. In 1889 he located 
in Denver, met with reverses, and returned to Boulder, becoming manager 
of the Crystal Springs Brewing and Ice Company. In 1900 Mr. Berlin 
purchased the John Thompson Grocery Company, of Denver, of which 
he was president and general manager until his death. Mr. Berlin was 
married to Lelia Alkire, at Oakland, Tenn., and following her death he 
married Emma Streeter, of Hannibal, Mo. 




Blayney, William Nassau Walker 



WILLIAM NASSAU WALKER BLAYNEY is one of Denver's finan- 
ciers and breeders of fine stock. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, 
December 17, 1859. Mr. Blayney's residence in the United States began 
in Chicago in 1863. Locating in Denver, Mr. Blayney entered the packing 
and merchandise brokerage business. He is a director of the First Na- 
tional Bank, also the International Trust Company, and president of 
Blayney-Murphy Company, a director of the Denver Tramway Company, 
and a member of the Moffat Tunnel Commission. In 1899 Mr. Blayney 
was married to Minnie Gray Hallack. of Denver. He is a member of the 
Denver Club, Denver Country Club. Denver Athletic Club, Denver Press 
Club. Gentlemen's Driving and Riding Club, and Cherry Hills Club. 
Shooting and fishing are Mr. Blayney's hobbies. 




Boettcher^ Claude K. 



TPHE traction, sugar, cement and railroad business have claimed the 
attention of Claude K. Boettcher, investment-banker of Denver. He 
is one of the outstanding figures in the industrial world of the Rocky 
Mountain region. During the war Mr. Boettcher served in the United 
States army, entering the service in December, 1917. and receiving a com- 
mission as Major in February, 1918. He was born in Boulder, Colorado, 
June 10, 1875, and was graduated from Harvard University in 1897. 
Mr. Boettcher is a member of Phi Eta fraternity, Denver Club, Denver 
Country Club, Harvard Club, and Mile High Club. He was married to 
Edna C. McElveen at Irvington-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.. January 10, 1920. 




Bordy, J, M. 



'C'NTERINC the Contial Savings Bank and Trust Company as manager 
of its bond department, Joseph M. Bordy has risen to the position 
of vice-president and a member of its board of directors. Mr. Bordy was 
born in Girardville, Pa., January 21, 1880, and graduated from Pennsyl- 
vania College in 1901. He then accepted a position with the Chase 
National Bank, of New York City, and in 1902 removed to Denver and 
took up the study of law, specializing in corporation law, which event- 
ually led him into the investment business. Before becoming vice presi- 
dent he was trust officer and secretary of the Central Savings Bank and 
Trust Company. Mr. Bordy was married to Helen Ferguson Bates, on 
March 18, 1914. He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, 
Denver Athletic Club, Lions Club and the Denver Civic and Commercial 
Association. Mr. Bordy takes a keen interest in all forms of athletics. 




Bowk, Hero J. 



TTERO J. BOURK, of Denver, is president and general manager of 
Bourk-Donaldson-Taylor. Inc.. one of the largest wholesale fruit and 
vegetable businesses in the Lhiited States, with a building specially con- 
structed for the handling of perishable food products. Mr. Bourk is 
a man of large and varied interests. Besides the wholesale fruit business, 
in which he has engaged practically all of his business life, he is a direc- 
tor of the Merchants Bank, The Western Fruit Jobbers' Association, and 
he is active in several other Western industries. Mr. Bourk was born 
in Montreal, Canada, and came to this country with his parents in 1877. 
Denver has been his home since 1888. He was married in 1894, and has 
one son, Raymond. Mr. Bourk is a member of the Denver Athletic Club. 
Lakewood Country Club, and Y. M. C. A. Motoring and billiards are 
his chief recreations. 




Bowen, Lewis W . 



T EWIS W. BOWEN is general superintendent of the Denver & Rio 
Grande Western Railroad. He has engaged in this line of endeavor 
practically ever since he attained his majority, having been employed 
in an executive capacity on some of the largest railway systems of the 
country. He has lived in Colorado since January 1, 1919. and is a resident 
of Denver. Mr. Bowen was bom August 6, 1868, in Wabasha, Minn. He 
was graduated from the La Crosse Business College in Wisconsin in 
1887. Mr. Bowen was married on July 23. 1900, to Mary Jane Nicholson. 
He has two daughters, Thama. 20 years old, and Claudine, 17. When 
not engrossed in his railroad affairs, he enjoys hunting, fishing, and 
motoring, and is very much interested in farming, horticulture and stock 
raising. 




Boivman, William Norman 

CINCE removing to Denver in 1910, William Norman Bowman has 
designed and planned, among other structures, the Colorado state 
office building; William N. Byers Junior High School; Denver Motor 
Club; Weld County court house, Greeley. Colo.; Jackson County court 
house, Walden, Colo.; Moffat County court house, Craig, Colo.; Mont- 
rose County court house, Montrose, Colo.; Yavapai County court house, 
Prescott, Ariz.; Converse County court house, Douglas. Wyo. ; and Big 
Horn County court house. Basin, Wyo. Mr. Bowman was born in Car- 
thage, N. Y., March 12, 1868. He received his training with a firm of 
architects in Detroit, Mich., and in 1892 opened offices in Indianapolis. 
Mr. Bowman is a member of the Denver Athletic ('lub. Lakewood Country 
Club. Denver Rotary Club, Denver Motor Club, and is a Mason. He was 
married in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1898. 




Bradford, Herbert A. 



/^NE of the leading figures in farm mortgage banking in Colorado is 
Herbert A. Bradford, native of Lockport, N. Y., who located in 
Denver in 1906, following his graduation from Hobart College, Geneva, 
N. Y. Mr. Bradford is treasurer of the Western Securities Investment 
Company. He is deeply interested in the Big Brother movement. Boy 
Scout movement, is a vestryman of the Church of the Ascension, Denver, 
and a director of the Kiwanis Club. He was born July 3, 1884. He was 
married to Elizabeth Beale Stearns of Denver, June 21, 1913. He is 
a member of the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, and Kiwanis Club. 
He is an honorary member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Theta Delta Chi 
fraternities. 




Braukmaii, Ernest H, 

T>URCHASING the Denver Lithographing Company when he came to 
Colorado in 1907, Ernest H. Braukman developed the business until 
it was merged with The Bankers Supply Company of Denver, of which 
company he is now vice-president and general manager. The business 
of the company extends from coast to coast, with plants in New York 
and Chicago. Mr. Braukman was born at Worcester, Mass., June 25, 
1868. His connection with The Bankers Supply Company began in 1913. 
Mr. Braukman is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, the Lakewood 
Country Club, Rotary Club, Denver Civic and Commercial Association, 
and the United States Chamber of Commerce. In 1893 he was married 
to Mary Harriett Brown, in Cleveland, Ohio. He has made his business 
his hobby, and his motto is "The best and most serviceable business of 
its kind in the United States." 




Brodie, John C. 



JOHN C. BRODIE, construction contractor. located in Colorado 33 
years ago. He was born in Scotland. August 16. 1861. He owns the 
Lyons stone quarries, near Denver, and is discoverer of many other build- 
ing stone deposits. On coming to Colorado one of Mr. Brodie's first 
undertakings was locating the St. Vrain stone quarries, which he oper- 
ated until 1916, for Hugh Murphy, a former business partner. Although 
well known over the state as a construction contractor, Mr. Brodie is 
equally prominent because of his connection with the work of paving 
many of the principal streets of Denver. He was assistant secretary of 
The Colorado Paving Company during the life of that organization. Mr. 
Brodie was married to Angelina Sibson. on December 24, 1885, and has 
ten children living. He is a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge, the 
Chapter, Consistory and El Jebel .Shrine. Out-of-door sports are his 
principal hobbies. 




Brooks, Bryant Butler 



'T'HE discover)' and production of oil has for years engaged the atten- 
tion of Bryant Butler Brooks, president of the Wyoming National 
Bank of Casper, Wyo. He is president of The Consolidated Royalty Oil 
Company. He was governor of Wyoming from 1904 to 1910. Mr. Brooks 
followed the livestock business in Wyoming until he became interested 
in oil. He had been trained in his youth to enter business. He is 
a director of the American Petroleum Institute, president of the Rocky 
Mountain Oil and Gas Producers' Association, and is interested in sev- 
eral other oil companies. Ex-Governor Brooks owns several of the largest 
cattle ranches in the central part of Wyoming. He was married March 10, 
1886, to Mary N. Willard, and has four daughters and one son. He is one 
of the few thirty-third degree Masons in this country. Also he is an Elk 
and an Odd Fellow. Farming and livestock growing are his hobbies. 




Brown, David Wallace (Deceased) 



'T'HE death of David Wallace Brown, on June 14, 1922, took from 
Denver one of its leading business men and substantial citizens. He 
was president of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company and for 25 years 
had made his home in Denver. Mr. Brown was born July 4, 1860, in 
Riley, 111., where he grew to manhood, marrying Miss Martha A. Kelley, 
of Marengo, 111. He moved to Lincoln, Neb., and for several years was 
engaged in the grain business. Removing to Denver in 1898 he became 
associated with the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co. Mr. Brown had always 
been interested in farming and owned a large farm on South University 
Avenue, where he resided at the time of his death. He was a member 
of the Denver Club, Denver Press Club and Cherry Hills Club. He is 
survived by his widow, his daughter, Mrs. James Wainwright Flanagan, 
one granddaughter, and two brothers and one sister, of New York City. 




Broivn, Fred S. 



'C'RED S. BROWN, wholesale merchant, is a native of Denver. He was 
born in Denver, April 10, 1869. Mr. Brown was educated in the 
Denver public schools and obtained his higher training at Yale. He was 
married in 1898 to Margaret Ganser, of Denver. During the World War 
he served as one of the officials of the American Red Cross and was 
actively affiHated with many other patriotic organizations, including 
Liberty Loan committees. Mr. Brown is treasurer of the Transportation 
Committee of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association and belongs 
to the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, Denver Athletic Club and 
Cherry Hills Club. He is a devotee of golf and motoring. 




Brotvn. L. B. H, 



T B. H. BROWN has extensive mining, real estate and oil interests, 
but his principal interest is the beautification of his magnificent 
residence in Denver. He has one of the finest botanical gardens in the 
West. Mr. Brown was born in Brooklyn, N. Y.. in 1851, and removed 
to Denver in 1879. He is a member of the Denver Motor Club, Cherry 
Hills Club, and the Lakewood Country Club. 




Buchtel, Frost Craft 

T~iR. FROST CRAFT BUCHTEL, physician and surgeon, was born in 
Greencastle, Ind., August 4, 1875. He attended DePauw University 
and Columbia University, and graduated in medicine from the University 
of Denver in 1901. He is surgeon to St. Luke's Hospital, Denver, and 
associate professor of surgery in the medical school of the University of 
Colorado. He is a member of the Beta Theta Phi fraternity, Denver Club, 
and Masonic order. He was married in 1903 to Margaret Waugh, and 
is the father of four children, Henry A., William W., Barbara, and John 
R. Buchtel. 




Bundy^ Harry JV. 



t>ORN in Trenton, Neb., June 8, 1890, Harry Webb Bundy became 
a resident of Denver six years later. After leaving East Denver High 
School, he entered the retail coal business as a member of The Bundy 
Coal Company, founded by his father. He is now secretary and treasurer 
of that organization. He was married to Hazel E. Warner of Denver, in 
1914. He is a Shriner, a member of the Lakewood Country Club, Rocky 
Mountain Country Club, Mount Vernon Country Club, National Economic 
League, The Denver Motor Club, Lions Club, Kiwanis Club, Optimists 
Club, Gyro Club, and Knights of Pythias. 




Burbridge, Anna Kaub 



A NNA KAUB BURBRIDGE, wife of Col. T. B. Burbridge, of Denver, 
is an active social and philanthropic worker. She was one of the 
silent partners behind the first annual Community Chest drive in Denver 
in 1922, and was one of the principal supporters of the former Federa- 
tion of Charities. Mrs. Burbridge was born in Chicago, 111., January 5, 
1861, and removed to Colorado with her parents in 1871. She attended 
the Denver high schools and was married in Colorado Springs, Septem- 
ber 12, 1914, to Col. T. B. Burbridge. Travel and charity are her chief 
pleasures. 




Burger^ James Cardtvell 



TAMES CARDWELL BURGER is president of the Hamilton National 
Bank of Denver, and is interested in other business enterprises. He 
belongs to all the Masonic bodies and is an Imperial Council officer of 
the national organization of Shriners. He will become Imperial Potentate, 
for the Shrine for North America, in 1925. Mr. Burger was born in New 
York City, November 21, 1866. He located in Denver in 1893. He served 
as state senator from 1907 to 1911, and was twice nominated on the 
Republican ticket for Congress. He was married in New York City, 
September 3, 1888, to Miss Edith M. Brown. Mr. Burger is a member 
of the Denver Club, Denver Athletic Club. Denver Country Club, Lake- 
wood Country Club. Denver Motor Club, and is an associate member of 
the Denver Press Club. 




Byers, William Neivton (Deceased) 

"Y^ILLIAM NEWTON BYERS, deceased, was one of the organizers of 
the company which built the first telegraph line in Colorado. He 
also was connected with the building of the early-day steam railways 
and the original Denver Tramway system. He was born in Madison 
County. Ohio, February 22, 1831, and settled in Denver on April 8, 
1859. after transporting an entire newspaper plant overland. He printed 
the first issue of the Rocky Mountain News on April 23, 1859, and 
remained editor and publisher of the paper for nineteen years. Mr. 
Byers made many important surveys for the government from coast to 
coast. He was twice the postmaster of Denver. Charter member A. F. 
A. M. No. 5. He was married November 16. 1854, to Elizabeth Minerva 
Sumner, grand-daughter of Governor Lucas of Ohio, and twice governor 
of Iowa. He died in Denver, March 25, 1903. 




Cameron, William J. 

IVTAJOR WILLIAM J. CAMERON, Denver contractor, was the builder 
of Fitzsimons general hospital, Aurora. Major Cameron was born 
in Chicago, July 17, 1872, and removed to Denver in April, 1918. He 
has constructed a number of homes in Denver's exclusive Country Club 
district, the Sherman Court apartments, and a number of large educa- 
tional institution buildings in the East. The Albany Grand Theatre, in 
Albany, N. Y., is another of his building achievements. Major Cameron 
was married, in 1893, to Mary E. Long. He has one son and six daugh- 
ters. He belongs to the Denver Club. Denver Driving and Riding Club, 
Civic and Commercial Association, and Master Builders' Association. 
He is an active member of Palestine Lodge No. 151, A. F. & A. M. 




Campbell, George W . 



p EORGE W. CAMPBELL, of Casper, Wyo., is a man of varied inter- 
ests. He is president of the Campbell-Johnson Men's Wear Com- 
pany, the Campbell Hardware Company, the Campbell Investment 
Company, and the Kennedy Motor Company. Mr. Campbell was born 
October 29, 1874, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He settled 
in Wyoming in 1911 and has since made his residence in that state. He 
was married, June 11, 1919, to Harriett M. Nichols, of Pueblo, Colo. 
He belongs to the Kiwanis Club and the Casper Country Club. He is 
a Mason. Golf is his hobby. 




Campion, John Francis 

JOHN FRANCIS CAMPION, son of the late John F. Campion, pioneer 
mining magnate and capitalist, was born in Denver, June 26, 1896. 
Mr. Campion is engaged in investment banking in Denver and has num- 
erous other interests. He was graduated from Exeter L'niversity, in 1913, 
and subsequently attended Dartmouth College. He is prominent in Den er 
social and club circles and also is actively interested in state military 
affairs, being a captain in the Colorado National Guard. He served in 
the army during the World War. He is a member of the Phi Gamma 
Delta fraternity, Denver Club, Denver Athletic Club, Denver Country 
Club, and Denver Motor Club. Polo is his hobby. 




Cannon^ H. Broivn 



XT BROWN CANNON, a resident of Denver since 1886, is president 
of the Windsor Farm Dairy Company. Thirty-six years ago Mr. 
Cannon began working for the Model Dairy Company. Later, he obtained 
a position with the Broadway Dairy Company and subsequently pur- 
chased the Windsor company. Mr. Cannon was born in Birmingham, 
Mich., August 20, 1866. He was married in the fall of 1915, to Margaret 
Reynolds. They have two sons. Brown, Jr., and George. Mr. Cannon 
belongs to the Denver Athletic Club, Denver Press Club, and the Rotary 
Club. He is keenly interested in raising blooded livestock. 




Card, Lawrence ]. 



T AWRENCE J. CARD was bom in Deerfield, Ohio, April 13, 1864. 
After completing the high school course of Ravenna, Ohio, at the 
age of 18, he removed to Kansas, where he engaged in the mercantile 
business until 1888. when he removed to Denver, continuing the same 
line for 20 years. Later he entered the manufacturing field, which 
resulted in his organization, with two associates, of the Rex Iron Works 
Company, of Denver, of which he is president and general manager, 
which position he has held since the formation of the company. Mr. 
Card was married to Savannah Luvina Baker, August 2, 1893. He is 
a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church, a thirty-second degree Mason, 
a member of the Denver Motor Club and the Denver Civic and Commer- 
cial Association. 




Carey, Robert D, 



OOBERT D. CAREY, former governor of Wyoming, was born in Chey- 
enne, Wyo., August 12, 1878. He was educated in the Cheyenne 
public schools. Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., and graduated from Yale 
with an A.B. degree in 1900. He was married in 1903 to Julia B. Free- 
man, a daughter of Brigadier General H. B. Freeman, U. S. A. His 
home is at Careyhurst, Wyo., where he is engaged in the ranching busi- 
ness. He is vice-president of J. M. Carey & Brother, president of the 
Wyoming Development Company, the Wheatland Industrial Company, 
of Cheyenne and Wheatland, and of the Converse County Bank, of 
Douglas. Governor Carey has served as president of the Wyoming Stock 
Growers' Association, County Commissioner of Converse County, chair- 
man of the Wyoming State Highway Commission, member and chairman 
of the State Council for National Defense, and governor. 




Cargo, Lawrence M. 



T AWRENCE M. CARGO of Denver is district manager of the Wesl- 
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Mr. Cargo was 
born in Pittsburgh, Pa., April 28, 1868; attended Pittsburgh Preparatory 
College, graduating in 1888, at which time he entered the employ of the 
Westinghouse interests. He has had much to do with early developments 
in the electrical field and has participated in much of the pioneer 
electric power development in the West. He is a member of the Denver 
Athletic Club, Alta and Commercial Clubs of Salt Lake City, Denver 
Civic and Commercial Association, Institute of Electrical Engineers, 
American Mining Congress, Colorado Engineering Society, Denver Lions 
Club and Colorado Public Service Association. He is a member of 
El Jebel Shrine. Mr. Cargo finds diversion in motoring, golf and radio. 




Carlton, A. E. 



i^NE of Colorado's most substantial contributors to the development of 
the metalliferous and coal mining industries and banking business 
is Albert E. Carlton, of Colorado Springs. He was born in Warren, III., 
February 20, 1866. He located in the West in his early youth and has 
since centered his interests in Colorado Springs. Cripple Creek and 
vicinity. Following his graduation from Beloit, Wis.. College in Decem- 
ber, 1902, he was married to Ethel Frizzel. He is president of the First 
National Bank, Cripple Creek, First National Bank, Canon City, and 
City Bank, Victor; also president of the Doctor-Jack Pot Consolidated 
and the Golden Cycle Mining and Reduction companies. He belongs to 
the Denver Club, El Paso Country Club, and the Cripple Creek Club. 




Carpenter, Louis G, 



T OLUS G. CARPENTER, consulting engineer, of Denver, was vice- 
chairman of the board on explosives during the World War and 
a member of the War Council. Professor Carpenter was decorated by the 
government of France for his research in agriculture. He is a member 
of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the Sons of 
the Revolution, Denver Club, University Club and Rocky Mountain Club. 
Mr. Carpenter was born in Orion, Mich., March 28. 1861. He attended 
Michigan Agricultural College and took a post-graduate course at the 
University of Michigan, and after three years at Johns Hopkins Univer- 
sity, removed to Colorado. For a time he was state engineer for Colorado. 
He was married to Mar>' J. Cliffe. on Februarx^ 17. 1887. After her death 
he married Miss Catherine Warren, of Philadelphia. September 30, 1922. 




Carringer^ Franklin E. 

■pROM the blacksmith shop to stenographer, and from stenographer to 
president of The Midland Savings and Loan Company, all within the 
space of a few years, is the record of Franklin E. Carringer, of Denver. 
Born in Greenville, Pa., April 25, 1859, Mr. Carringer came to Colorado 
in September, 1891. Although he attended no colleges or institutions of 
higher learning, he rapidly mounted the ladder of success in business. 
He is a former state senator as well as representative, and has held other 
public positions. Mr. Carringer is a Shriner and a thirty-second degree 
Mason, and also is active in the Lions Club, Denver Motor Club and 
Rocky Mountain Golf Club. He is a widower and has four children. 




Carson, James 



TAMES CARSON is president and general manager of The Carson 
Crockery Company, Denver, one of the largest mercantile establish- 
ments of the city. He was an unusually ardent war worker, abandoning 
his business and devoting his entire time to the Liberty Loan drives and 
other patriotic undertakings. Mr. Carson was born in Ballymoney, 
County Antrim, Ireland. September 9. 1863. He was married to Mary 
Ellen Carswell, September 5, 1895. To this union one son, John Nevin, 
was born April 5, 1900. Mrs. Carson died in October, 1902, and Mr. 
Carson married Martha O'Niell, of Winchester, Kan., on August 9, 1912. 
Mr. Carson is an elder in the Reformed Presbyterian church, a member 
of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A., a member of the Retail 
Merchants' Bureau, and the Rotary Club. His church and his home life 
vie with his business in claiming his interest. 




Cashman, Charles F, 



/^HARLES F. CASHMAN studied for the bar, but for 20 years has 
engaged in the insurance business in Denver and elsewhere. He is 
a member of the firm of Cashman & Evans, and also actively connected 
with many other business interests. His organization acts as general 
agents for a number of companies in Colorado, Wyoming and New 
Mexico. He is viewed as one of the most successful insurance men in 
the Rocky Mountain territory. Mr. Cashman is a director of the Van 
Kleeck Mortgage Company, vice-president and director of the Loop 
Market Company, and vice-president of the Rocky Mountain Field Club. 
He belongs to the Denver Club, Denver Athletic Club, Lakewood Coun- 
try Club, and the Civic and Commercial Association, in addition to 
various Masonic bodies. Horseback riding and golf are his hobbies. He 
was married to Elizabeth Doveton, September 20, 1905. 




Cass^ Oscar David 



r\SCAR DAVID CASS is president of the Bishop-Cass Investment 
Company, which owns and manages the America and Colorado 
theatres in Denver. Mr. Cass was born in Denver. June 30. 1881. He was 
a member of the class of 1905 at Princeton University. He was married 
to Maude Brewer of Denver, May 26. 1902. They have a daughter and 
a son. Mr. Cass was candidate for mayor of Denver in 1912, but with- 
drew before the election. He is a member of the board of trustees of 
Clayton College, president of the Saturday and Sunday Association, 
a former president of the Denver Real Estate Exchange, and a former 
director of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association. 



Champion, Lee 



T EE CHAMPION, oil operator and lawyer, of Denver, was born in 
Vinegar, Iowa, July 11, 1867. He was educated at Iowa State College 
and removed to Colorado in 1887. In 1890 he was elected county super- 
intendent of schools for Chaffee County. Later he was admitted to the 
bar. He was a member of the eleventh General Assembly, district attor- 
ney for the eleventh judicial district from 1898 to 1901, and district judge 
of the eleventh district from 1908 to 1910, when he removed to Denver. 
Prior to coming West he was editor of the Iowa Homestead and the 
Daily larva Capitol, at Des Moines. He was first married to Sarah A. 
Carlin, at Malcolm, Iowa. In 1919 he was married to Alice Carr, of 
Chicago. He is president of the Denver Alumni Association of Iowa 
State College. 




ClaJ'k, Elroy Newton 



XpLROY NEWTON CLARK, for more than twenty-five years a practi- 
cing attorney, has in that time become known as one of the leading 
corporation and business lawyers of the West. Mr. Clark, since 1906, 
has been general attorney for the Denver & Rio Grande Western Rail- 
road Company. During the war he was general solicitor for the company. 
Mr. Clark is a director of the Model Land and Irrigation Company. He 
was born in North Hero, Vt., July 22, 1860, and attended the University 
of Vermont, graduating in 1885, and was graduated from Georgetown 
University, Washington, in 1892. He was married to Alice C. Calkins, 
of Denver, July 11. 1901. They have one daughter, Ruth. Mr. Clark 
belongs to the Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities, and is a mem- 
ber of the Denver Motor Club and Denver Civic and Commercial 
Association. 




Clay, Elinor Wise 

■pLINOR WISE CLAY, wife of Christopher Field Clay, Denver attorney 
and oil operator, was born in Evans, Colo., February 8, 1877, and 
has spent all her life in Colorado, with the exception of that time spent 
in traveling over the United States. She is deeply interested in philan- 
thropy and social work in Denver. Formerly she took a leading part in 
the activities of various women's clubs of the city, but now has withdrawn 
from many outside activities on account of the time required with her 
family. She was married to Mr. Clay at Boulder, Colo., June 15, 1899, 
and has one daughter, Katherine. Mrs. Clay was graduated from the 
University of Colorado, in 1898, and is a member of the Delta Gamma 
sorority. 

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Clelaiid, Percy E, 



P>ROMINENT among Colorado bankers and financiers is Percy E. 
Cleland, vice-president of the International Trust Company and 
a stockholder and treasurer of the Seventeenth Street Building Asso- 
ciation. Mr. Cleland, born in Hayesville, Canada, January 8, 1871, 
removed to Denver when he was eight years old. He attended River- 
view Academy. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and was graduated in 1890. Since 
then he has engaged in the banking business. He has been connected 
with the International Trust Company for more than 27 years. He was 
married to Miss Sue Wright, of Wheehng, W. Va., December 20. 1905. 
They have two sons and one daughter. Mr. Cleland belongs to the 
Denver Club and the Denver Country Club. He finds recreation in 
motoring and golfing. 




Cleveland, Neivcomb 

TVTEWCOMB CLEVELAND, head of a Denver insurance agency bear- 
ing his name, was born in Waukegan, 111., September 24, 1864. He 
settled in Colorado, February 13, 1903. He served for five years as a 
member of Company A, 10th Battalion, National Guard of New York. 
He was married to Clara Louise Mather, in Albany, N. Y., October 5, 
1887. Mr. Cleveland is a graduate of Hamilton College of the class of 
1886, and is a member of the Chi Psi and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. 
He belongs to the University Club of Denver and the Rotary Club. He 
is a former president of the Colorado Society Sons of the Revolution, and 
is a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. He is 
a former president of the Insurance Federation of Colorado. 
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Cockins, John V, 



T^WO days after he arrived in Denver, in 1892, John V. Cockins entered 
the employ of the Central Savings Bank and Trust Company. Today 
he is president of the institution, having worked his way up through 
practically every department. Mr. Cockins was born in Ohio, July 15, 
1875. When he was 17 years old the West called him and he removed 
to Denver. Mr. Cockins is unmarried. He is a member of the Denver 
Athletic Club and the Denver Motor Club. He derives keen pleasure 
from motoring and other outdoor pastimes. 




Coldren^ Burt 



'T'HIRTY-FOLIR years a resident of Denver, 22 years treasurer, and 
now president and treasurer of the Hallack & Howard Lumber Com- 
pany, is the record of Burt Coldren. Mr. Coldren succeeded Joseph H. 
Howard as president of the company upon the death of the latter, which 
occurred on November 17, 1922. Born and raised on a farm near North- 
ville. Mich.. Mr. Coldren, who is 60 years of age, moved to Denver from 
Nebraska in December, 1888, and participated in the effort that brought 
Denver to its present stage of growth. He was associated with the 
National Lumber Company at Lincoln, Neb., four years before coming 
to Colorado. Mr. Coldren was married, August 20. 1890, to Mattie D. 
Boiler, at Akron, Colo. He is a member of the Denver Club and is 
widely known over the state because of his activities in the building and 
lumber industry. 




Collbran, Herbert Edivard 

TTERBERT EDWARD COLLBRAN of the Western Acceptance Com- 
pany, Denver, was born in London, England, October 12, 1879, and 
became an American citizen through the naturalization of his father. He 
removed to Colorado in 1889. Some of the biggest mining, railway and 
public utility projects in Korea and Mexico were directed by Mr. Collbran. 
One of his largest undertakings was the building of the waterworks 
system in the city of Seoul. In 1905 Mr. Collbran was married to 
Augusta Coors of Golden, Colo. He is a member of the Denver Club, 
Denver Country Club and Mile High Club. He is a lover of outdoor 
sports. 




Cook, Joseph D. 



\ MONG the men who have aided in the development of the oil 
resources of the West, and who have achieved a place in the front 
rank of that industry, is Joseph D. Cook, director of the Mutual Oil 
Company, of Denver, director of the Chappel Oil Company and the 
Western Oil Company. He was born March 15, 1877, in Chocton County, 
Ohio. For years he engaged in the hotel business. Perceiving big oppor- 
tunities in that field, he removed to Denver. In 1904 he engaged in the 
financing of oil projects. His wife was Edith S. Godfrey. He is a member 
of the Denver Athletic Club and is a Mason. Fishing, hunting and motor- 
ing are the diversions in which he delights most. 




Cooke. Thomas S. 



nPHOMAS S. COOKE, manager of the Rocky Mountain Division of 
the manufacturing department of the Standard Oil Company of 
Indiana, with headquarters in Casper, Wyo.. was one of a group of oil 
experts who developed the Pressure or Burton oil extraction process. Mr. 
Cooke was born in Topeka, Kan., July 10, 1887, and settled in Wyoming 
in 1921. In 1911 he began with the Standard Oil Company at Whiting. 
Ind., as a chemist. In 1921 he moved to Casper to take up his present 
responsibilities. He now supervises nine refineries in Wyoming and 
Colorado. He graduated from Amherst College in 1911. Mr. Cooke was 
married April 9. 1912, to Clara J. Thieme. of Fort Wayne, Ind., and 
has two sons and two daughters. He is a Mason and member of the Phi 
Delta Theta fraternity. Motoring, hunting and fishing are his principal 
delights. 




Cornell, Allen C. 



ALLEN C. CORNELL, manager of the Western Electric Company for 
Denver and Salt Lake City, is an electrical engineer. He is active 
in many electrical organizations, including the National Electric Light 
Association and the Electrical Co-operative League, and is a member of 
the Rocky Mountain Committee on Public Utility Information. Mr. 
Cornell was graduated from the New York University of Law in 1904 
and studied electrical engineering at Washington University until 1907. 
He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club. Denver Motor Club, Mount 
Vernon Country Club, and Denver Civic and Commercial Association. 
Mr. Cornell was married to Ruth Maltby, of St. Louis, Mo., a daughter 
of Frank M. Maltby. one of the engineers of the Panama Canal. 




Cosgriff, Bessie Marian Steivart 



"DESSIE MARIAN STEWART COSGRIFF. widow of the late John B. 
Cosgriff. of Denver, was born January 8. 1880. in Bakersfield, Vt. 
She removed to Denver in 1910, when her husband became president of 
the Hamilton National Bank. She was married in 1900. Mrs. Cosgriff was 
graduated from the University of Vermont, in 1899, and the University 
of Denver, in 1920. She belongs to many women's societies and clubs 
in Denver and elsewhere; also the Denver Motor Club, Allied Arts Asso- 
ciation, and Denver Art Association. Home life and her four children 
constitute Mrs. Cosgriff's principal delight. Likewise she is interested 
in literary and religious research and is a lover of golf. 




Cosgriif, Thomas Andreiv (Deceased) 



'T'HOMAS A. COSGRIFF was born in Colchester, Vermont, Aug. 4, 1854. 
He received his education in the schools of his native state. In 1887 
he came West, stopping in Denver for a short time before going into 
southern Wyoming. His first banking venture was the purchase of the 
First National Bank at Rawlins, in 1896. In 1903 he purchased the First 
National Bank of Cheyenne, and in 1910 founded the Hamilton National 
Bank of Denver. He established the Wyoming National Bank at Casper, 
in 1914. Mr. CosgriflF was married to Rose E. Martin of Cheyenne, 
January 28, 1913. Mr. Cosgriff died in Denver, October 14, 1915. He 
was a member of the Denver Club, Denver Country Club and Knights of 
Columbus. He was a patron of the fine arts and possessed a splendid 
knowledge of the classics. 




Coivan, Alexander B. 

TOURING the forty years in which he has been connected witli the 
Western Union Telegraph Company, Alexander B. Cowan has 
advanced through virtually every department of the business. At present 
he is general manager of the Mountain Division, with offices in Denver. 
Mr. Cowan was born at Mount Zion, 111., March 2, 1861. Following the 
completion of a high school course he entered the employ of the company 
with which he is now associated. He is a member of the Denver Athletic 
Club, Denver Civic and Commercial Association, and is a Mason. On 
May 20, 1884, he was married to Eliza Gaushell. He removed to Colorado 
in 1916. Fishing and hunting provide him with liis chief recreation. 




Craig, Dr. Helen F. 



■PiR. HELEN F. CRAIG, of Denver, is a member of the staff at St. 
Joseph's Hospital. She has been a resident of Denver since 1913. 
For two years she was an instructor in pathology at the University of 
Chicago. Dr. Craig is a graduate of Rush College, Ashville College for 
Women, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Chi- 
cago. Dr. Craig was born in Viroqua, Wis. She is a member of the 
Alpha Epsilon Iota medical fraternity, the American Medical associa- 
tion and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. During the 
war she was secretary of the medical advisory board in connection with 
the selective draft of Colorado. 




Craig, John Laivson 

TOHN LAWSON CRAIG, president of Craig-Baker, Inc., automobile 
dealers, Denver, was born in Atlanta, Ga., July 28, 1874. He moved 
to Colorado in May, 1921. He started his business career as salesman 
with the American Tobacco Company, beginning at the bottom and work- 
ing up to position of sales manager. He resigned in 1921 to move to 
Colorado. He was married to Alice Stuart Paine, December 10, 1902. 
He has one son and two daughters. He is president of the Denver Auto- 
mobile Dealers' Association and is a member of the Denver Athletic 
Club, Lakewood Country Club, Denver Motor Club and Kiwanis Club. 
He is a Spanish-American War veteran, and a member of the Grand 
Consistory of the State of Kentucky, A. A. S. R., and El Jebel Shrine. 




Cramer, Fred C. 



"rRED C. CRAMER, president of the Denver Powerine Company, and 
long a resident of Denver, removed to Colorado, March 1, 1881, from 
Lawrence, Kans., where he attended the State University. He was born 
in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., February 23, 1864. Before engaging in the 
oil business, Mr. Cramer followed civil and mining engineering. Mr. 
Cramer was married in Leadville, Colo., June 17, 1890, to Louise E. 
Brooks and has two sons. He is a member of the Cherry Hills Club and 
the Kiwanis Club, and also is active in Masonry. He belongs to Brecken- 
ridge Lodge No. 47, A. F. & A. M., Rocky Mountain Consistory No. 2, 
and the El Jebel Shrine in Denver. Motoring is one of his chief 
diversions. 




Crocker, Herbert S, 

TTERBERT S. CROCKER, consulting engineer of Denver, designed and 
supervised tlie Colfax-Larimer viaduct, Alameda Avenue subway, 
Twentieth Street viaduct, and many smaller structures. In 1917 he 
entered the army, serving with the rank of lieutenant colonel as con- 
structing quartermaster for the $32,000,000 army supply base. Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. Colonel Crocker was born in Haverhill, N. H., June 20, 1867. 
From the University of Michigan he received the degrees of B.S. (C.E.) 
in 1889 and Master of Engineering in 1919. On April 15, 1903, he was 
married to Edna L. Mitchell. They have one son and two daughters. 
As acting secretary, vice-president and director of the American Society 
of Civil Engineers, and as a member of the Western Society of Engi- 
neers, Colorado Society of Engineers, Engineers' Club of New York, 
Denver Motor Club, Lakewood Country Club, and various Masonic 
bodies, he has formed a nation-wide acquaintance. 




Crotvley, Clement F. 

/ELEMENT F. CROWLEY is a graduate of the University of Denver 
Law School. He was born in Virginia City, Nev., January 9, 1889. 
He removed to Denver when he was 19. and achieved signal honors on 
the gridiron before his graduation in 1911. He served in the Colorado 
state assembly, officiating as speaker pro tern in 1917. From 1913 to 1917 
he was assistant district attorney. On November 24. 1910. Mr. Crowley 
was married to Flavia Churchill. He is a member of Sigma Nu, Phi 
Alpha Delta and Tau Nu Epsilon fraternities, Denver Athletic Club, 
Woodmen, and Knights of Columbus. In addition to hunting and fis! ing, 
Mr. Crowley delights in football, each year officiating at some of the 
big contests. 




Curran, James A. 



TAMES A. CL'RRAN. a pioneer in outdoor advertising, posting and 
painted bulletins, and western manager of several of the biggest out- 
door advertising companies, was born in New York City, July 31, 1855. 
He removed to Kansas City with his parents in 1869, and remained there 
until May 10, 1876, when he became a resident of Colorado. In 1880 he 
settled in Leadville. from where he moved to Denver in 1883. He has 
since made Denver his home. Mr. Curran is a member of the Denver 
Athletic Club, Rotary Club, Lakewood Country Club, Denver Civic and 
Commercial Association, T. P. A., Sons of Colorado, B. P. O. E., and the 
Denver Motor Club. Motoring, traveling and golf are his pet diversions. 




Cusack, Christopher F. 



pHRISTOPHER F. CUSACK, vice-president of the Royal Fuel Com- 
pany, and the National Fuel Company, Denver, was born in Paterson, 
N. J., December 25, 1895. He engaged in the coal and steamship busi- 
ness until 1915, when he removed to Colorado. Mr. Cusack served for a 
year in France during the World War. He was married to Frances Van 
Mater, of Denver, at San Diego. Calif., in September, 1917. Horseback 
riding, polo and the breeding of good dogs and horses are his hobbies. 
Mr. Cusack is a member of the Denver Club, Motor Club, and Cheyenne 
Country Club of Colorado Springs. 




Daly, Thomas Franklin (Deceased) 



'T'HOMAS F. DALY, deceased, was the founder of The Capitol Life 
Insurance Company, with its home office in Denver and its operation 
extending into fifteen other states. Born in West Superior, Wis., May 
26. 1858. Mr. Daly first located in Leadville and later in Denver, after 
he had become a successful insurance man. The Capitol Life Insurance 
Company was his pride. His unselfish devotion to its interests, together 
with his undaunted faith in the great West, and his dominant personality, 
made possible this institution. His sympathies were ever with those 
movemeiits which tended to the upbuilding of the state, as shown by 
his generosity in various activities other than his own. He was married 
in 1886 to Elthea B. Cooper, of La Grange, Texas. He died August 27, 
1921. 




Davis, Roblin Henry 



"pOBLIN HENRY DAVIS is president of the Davis Brothers Drug 
Company, one of the foremost concerns of its kind in the Rocky 
Mountain section. Roblin H. Davis was born in Ravelins, Wyo., April 29, 
1885. He was graduated from East Denver High School in 1904 and 
from Princeton in 1907. Mr. Davis served in the office of Naval Com- 
munications, in Washington, from December, 1917, to March, 1919, 
holding the rank of lieutenant. He is a former president of the Denver 
Civic and Commercial Association. Mr. Davis was married to Margaret 
Evans, at San Antonio, Texas, on April 29. 1914. He is a member of the 
Denver Club, Denver Athletic Club, Denver Country Club, and Mile 
High Club. Fishing and the raising of thoroughbred horses are his 
favorite diversions. 




Deane, J. D. W. 



T EAVING VERMONT, his birthplace, in 1876, J. D. W. Deane, presi- 
dent of the John Thompson Grocery Company, of Denver, associated 
himself with Colonel Dodge and the Denver & Rio Grande Railway. 
Later he returned to the East, but he could not resist the lure of the 
West and returned to Denver in 1892, becoming associated with the 
company he now heads. Mr. Deane was born in 1856. He was married 
to Nellie Bennett, of Cleve'and, and has two children. He is a member 
of the Masonic Lodge, Denver Country Club. Denver Athletic Club, and 
Denver Civic and Commercial Association. He has been instrumental in 
the upbuilding of Denver and the state. 




Denious, Wilbur F. 

TDRACTICING law in Denver since his graduation from the University 
of Denver Law School, Wilbur F. Denious, of Denver, nas placed 
himself among the foremost of Colorado attorneys. Mr. Denious is 
a director and vice-president of the Gates Rubber Company and attorney 
for some of the largest business concerns in Colorado. Mr. Denious was 
born in Ohio, September 25, 1873. He graduated from Baker University 
in 1898, and removed to Denver the following year, attending law school 
from 1899 to 1902. He is president of the Denver Bar Association and 
a member of the State Board of Examiners. He is a member of the 
Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Phi Delta Phi law fraternity, Denver 
Club, Denver Athletic Club. Denver Motor Club, and El Jebel Shrine. 
He was married to Edith J. Boughton, of Denver. September 27, 1905. 




deRicqles, Alphonse E. 

\ LPHONSE E. deRICQLES, pioneer livestock man and banker, of 
Denver, and president of The American Live Stock and Loan Com- 
pany, was born in Yellow Springs, Ohio, April 8, 1867. For 32 years 
he engaged in livestock business in the Rocky Mountain country. Prior 
to that he was connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad. He is a charter 
member of the Denver Live Stock Exchange and one of the organizers of 
tiie American National Live Stock Association, trustee of the Colorado 
Museum of Natural History, and ex-president of the Boy Scouts of 
Denver. He was educated at Antioch College in Ohio, and Roanoke Col- 
lege in Virginia. He is a life member of the Denver Club, also Montana 
Club, Minnesota Club, Saddle and Sirloin Club of Chicago, Denver Motor 
Club, Denver Country Club, and is a Knight Templar and Scottish Rite 
Mason. He is married. 




Dill, Robert Grant 



R 



OBERT GRANT DILL. Born Newcastle, Pa., October 7, 1866. 
Came to Denver with his father, the late Capt. R. G. Dill, veteran 
newspaper man, in 1874. Educated in the Denver public schools, grad- 
uating from Denver High School (now East) in 1886. Immediately 
entered newspaper profession on Denver Times and worked successively 
from 1893 to 1910 on Washington Post, New York Tribune, New York 
Times and New York Herald as reporter and editor. Returned to Denver 
in 1910 and became financial editor of the Denver Post, which position 
he now holds. With the development of the oil business in Wyoming 
and Montana, Mr. Dill became a student of that business in all its 
phases and is regarded as the best posted writer on the petroleum indus- 
try in the Rocky Mountain region. His articles in the Denver Post and 
Eastern financial journals are considered authoritative by oil men and 
financial houses in all parts of the country. Married, in 1915, Celeste 
Lavinia Dozier. Clubs: Denver Athletic, American Petroleum Institute. 




Dines^ Orville L. 



/^RVILLE L. DINES, Denver attorney and club man, is manager of 
the estate of the late Verner Z. Reed. He was born in Blandinsville, 
111., September 4, 1871, and removed to Colorado in 1899, where he 
practiced law until 1918. Mr. Dines was admitted to the bar in 1896. 
He attended Central College in Fayette, Mo. He was principal of 
schools in Keytesville, Mo., from 1892 to 1895. county school commis- 
sioner of Chariton County, Mo., 1894 to 18%, and served on the law 
editorial staff of the West Publishing Company, of St. Paul, from 1897 
to 1898. Mr. Dines is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Country 
Club, Cherry Hills Club and the Mile High Club. He is a Mason and 
is a golf enthusiast. He is not married. 




Dines. Thomas A. 



IVrOW president of the Midwest Refining Company, Thomas A. Dines 
has had a varied and extensive business career. Mr. Dines was 
born in Macomb, 111., January 31, 1880, and as a young man removed 
to Tacoma, Wash., where he was connected with the Northern Pacific 
Railroad. He came to Denver from Tacoma in 1903. He formerly was 
cashier of the American National Bank of Alamosa, Colo., and at one 
time was business manager for the late Verner Z. Reed. Mr. Dines was 
married to Frances White Allen in Grand Junction. Colo., in 1907. Mr. 
Dines is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, Chevy 
Chase Club, and Columbia Country Club, of Washington, D. C. 




Dreyer, Rudolph E. 



'T'HROLGH the efforts of Rudolph E. Dreyer, the Moore Hardware 
and Iron Company, of which he is president and manager, has grown 
into one of the foremost business houses of the kind in the Rocky Moun- 
tain region. Mr. Dreyer was born September 26. 1871, in Baltimore, Md. 
He removed to Denver in 1893, and for 29 years has been associated with 
the firm of which he is at present the head. Cora A. Wilcox, of Denver, 
became the wife of Mr. Dreyer on April 16. 1913. For nine years Mr. 
Dreyer has been a trustee in the Methodist Church. Mr. Dreyer is a 
member of the Rotary Club. Denver Motor Club. Rocky Mountain 
Motorists. Inc.. Denver Civic and Commercial Association. United States 
Chamber of Commerce, and several hardware trade associations. His 
hobbies are music, books and motoring. 




Durham, Harry B. 



T^OR many years a special agent of the United States general land 
office, with headquarters at Cheyenne, Harry B. Durham, well-known 
attorney-at-law at Casper, now is one of the leading figures in the oil 
industry of Wyoming. He did much toward clearing the titles held by 
the Midwest Oil Company and associate organizations, after the passage 
of the oil land leasing act by Congress. In 1919 he incorporated the 
Frantz Oil Corporation and was its vice-president until a merger was 
formed with the Mutual Oil Company. He is an authority on the Salt 
Creek fields. He was recently elected vice-president of the Wyoming 
Trust Company, of Casper. He is ex-president and district trustee of 
the Kiwanis Club at Casper and is a member of the Casper Country 
Club and the Casper Motor Club. He was born February 2, 1880, in 
Marion County, Iowa, and moved to Wyoming in 1909. He is a graduate 
of Nebraska Wesleyan University and George Washington University. 
He was married to Ethel Marie Simonds on July 28, 1908, and has a son 
and two daughters. He is a Mason. His delights are motoring and 
gardening. 




EasL Dr. John H. 



"PiR. JOHN H. EAST, of Denver, is a specialist in electronotherapy. 
Dr. East was born in Clinton, Iowa, December 14, 1857. His early 
life was spent on a farm. At the age of seventeen he became a rural 
school teacher. In 1883 he graduated from the University of Iowa and 
in 1885 he completed his course at the New York Polyclinic School of 
Medicine. He removed to Denver in 1902 and established an office. He 
was married to Mamie E. Sanford of Sundance. Wyo., at Deadwood, 
S. D., December 14, 1918. He is a member of the Denver Motor Club, 
Denver Athletic Club, Kiwanis Club, Elks Lodge, Knights of Pythias, 
and is a Scottish Rite Mason. 




Edbrooke^ Harry W . J. 

TJARRY W. J. EDBROOKE, architect, of Denver, was born in Chi- 
cago. He was graduated from Armour Institute of Technology and 
practiced architecture in Chicago for four years. Soon after removing 
to Denver in 1907, he designed the First National Bank building, the 
Gas and Electric building, and later the Colorado State Museum build- 
ing, the W. H. Kistler Stationery Company building, the A. T. Lewis & 
Son Dry Goods Company building, the Denver Post building, the Ogden 
Theater, and many theaters, schools and churches. Mr. Edbrooke is 
a member of the American Institute of Architects, Architects' Small 
House Service Bureau, Denver Civic and Commercial Association, Den- 
ver Athletic Club, Denver Motor Club, and Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. 




Ellison, Homer Edward 

XJOMER EDWARD ELLISON is president of the Mountain States 
Theatre Corporation, which operates a string of motion i)icture 
theatres in Denver, Puehlo, Colorado Springs, and Greeley. Mr. Ellison 
was born in Geneseo. 111., June 10, 1870. Before removing to Colorado in 
1908 he was engaged in the real estate business in Kansas. With Pitt 
Halleck, he discovered the famous Abilena water. On arriving in Colo- 
rado he again became interested in the real estate business. He started 
the Colonial Theatre in Denver, in 1911. Mr. Ellison attended the Uni- 
versity of Kansas, and is a member of the Beta Theta Phi fraternity, the 
El Jebel Shrine and other Masonic bodies. He was married in 1893 to 
Carrie Corbett of Abilene, Kansas. They have two sons. 




Ellison, Robert S. 



"OOBERT S. ELLISON is vice-president of the Midwest Refining Com- 
pany, with headquarters at Casper. Wyo. In 1903 he was adm'tted 
to the bar at Colorado Springs, following his graduation from the Uni- 
versity of Indiana. In 1919 he became president of the Salt Creek 
Producers' Association and later vice-president of the Midwest Company. 
Since 1912 he has been principal owner and president of the Manitou 
Cliff Dwellings Company, Manitou, Colo. Mr. Ellison was born Novem- 
ber 6, 1875, in Rush County. Ind., and removed to Wyoming July 1, 1919. 
He was married to Vida F. Gregory, August 29, 1907. He belongs to the 
Sigma Nu fraternity and the Denver Club. He is a member of all the 
Masonic bodies. Hunting and horseback riding are his hobbies. 




Emery, Roe 



"DOE EMERY, as president and owner of the Denver Cab Company, 
president of the Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company, 
and president of the Glacier Park Transportation Company in Glacier 
Park, Montana, is one of the leading figures in the Western transporta- 
tion industry. Mr. Emery removed to Denver in 1915 and engaged 
immediately in the transportation business. Previously he devoted his 
attention to the cattle and livestock industry. He was born in Lake City, 
Minn., October 31, 1874, and was married to Jeanette C. Carpenter, of 
Denver, June 31, 1917. His delights are bringing travel to Colorado 
and boosting the Rocky Mountain parks. He is a member of the Denver 
Club. 




English, Harry J. 



TTARRY J. ENGLISH moved to Denver from Chicago, III., in 1888. 
He was born September 25, 1870. He is president of the R. W. 
English Lumber Company. After preparing at Phillips Exeter Academy, 
Mr. English entered Yale, being a member of the Class of 1890 S. He 
was married to Mary K. Jackson, daughter of Col. Allan H. Jackson, 
U. S. A., on June 17. 1896. His son, Allan Jackson English, born 
November 15. 1898, graduated from Yale in 1919 and served as a second 
lieutenant in the field artillery during the World War. Mr. English 
is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church of Denver, the Denver Club 
and Denver Countrv Club. 




Eppich, Louis F. 



T Oil IS F. EPPICH is president of the National Association of Real 
Estate Boards and former president of the Denver Real Estate 
Exchange. He was born in Chicago, March 3, 1868. He has been a resi- 
dent of Denver since he was 11 years old. He received his education from 
the public schools and from private teachers. Since 1897 he has been 
in the real estate business. Previously he was chief storekeeper for the 
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Mr. Eppich belongs to the Denver Real 
Estate Exchange. Civic and Commercial Association, Rotary Club, Den- 
ver Motor Club and various Masonic bodies. He has always been much 
interested in music, and that, together with motoring and outdoor sports, 
are his diversions. 




Eiving, John A, 



JOHN A. EWING stands in the front rank of Colorado's legal frater- 
nity. Born in Kittanning, Pa., March 26, 1858, he removed to Colorado 
in 1881, after completing a course in normal school and attending Wash- 
ington and Jefferson College. Corporation law is Mr. Ewing's specialty, 
and he is legal advisor for a number of Denver business organizations. 
He is a director of the American National Bank, of Leadville. Colo., and 
the International Trust Company. Denver. He is a member of the Denver 
Country Club., Denver Club, and the Masonic order. He takes keen 
delight in recreation on the fairway and green. He was married to 
Georgia M. White, at Platte City, Mo., June 14, 1898. 




Fackt, George Postel 

p EORGE POSTEL FACKT, vice-president and general manager of 
the Denver Terra Cotta Company, has been a material contributor 
to the beautification of Denver along artistic building lines. Mr. Fackt 
was born December 22, 1884, in Mascoutah, 111., and was graduated 
from Ohio State University in the class of 1907, as a ceramic engineer. 
He was married to Helen Calhoun Ragsdale, in San Angelo. Texas, in 
June, 1911. He has been vice-president and general manager of the 
Denver Terra Cotta Company since its beginning, in 1911. In 1917, with 
Carl Ph. Schwalb, he organized the Denver Clay Products Company, of 
which he is manager. He is a director of the Manufacturers' Bureau of 
the Denver Civic and Commercial Association and the Colorado Manu- 
facturers and Merchants' Association. He belongs to the Denver Athletic 
Club and various Masonic bodies, including the Shrine. 




Feldhauser, Philip 



pHILIP FELDHAUSER bears the distinction of being a resident of 
Denver for 50 years, and has contributed much to the growth and 
development of the Rocky Mountain territory. He financed the building 
of the Oxford Hotel and is still one of its principal owners. He also was 
one of the bui'.ders of the Colorado Building. Mr. Feldhauser was pres- 
ident of the Cordes & Feldhauser Carpet Company, of Denver, for about 
30 years. Mr. Feldhauser was born in St. Paul, Minn., in 1857, and was 
married in 1882 to Miss Katherine Stevens, formerly of Paris, Ky. Tliey 
have one daughter. Mrs. John W. Morey. Mr. Feldhauser is a member 
of the Denver Club. Denver Athletic Club, and Denver Countiy Club. 




Fertig^ Charles Theodore 

pHARLES THEODORE FERTIG, for many years active in the insur- 
ance field, is chief advisor for the Colorado state insurance depart- 
ment. He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y.. July 31, 1870. and removed to 
Colorado when 9 years of age. He attended the Denver public schools, 
and in 1885 obtained a position with a Denver insurance company. Dur- 
ing the succeeding years he organized and managed a number of insur- 
ance agencies, among them the Charles T. Fertig Insurance and Invest- 
ment Company, Lawton & Fertig, and Fertig & Tutt. Mr. Fertig was 
married in 1896, to Martha Morrow Cooper, of Pittsburgh. They have 
two children. He served as president of the Colorado Springs city council 
in 1908. Mr. Fertig is a Master Mason, a member of the Odd Fellows, 
Elks and Modern Woodmen. He belongs to the El Paso Club and 
Broadmoor Golf Club, of Colorado Springs. 




Fisher, Cassius Asa 

/^ASSIUS ASA FISHER, of Denver, is nationally known as a geologist 
and petroleum engineer. He formerly was geologist and engineer 
for the U. S. Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey, and was in charge 
of the Navy Fuel Expedition to Alaska in 1912. He was one of the 
originators of the government method of valuing coal lands on public 
domain, and co-author of a manual on the subject. He is co-author of 
a manual for the oil and gas industry relative to tax and author of several 
bulletins and professional papers on economic geology. He was a pioneer 
geologist in the Salt Creek oil field, Wyoming, and one of the organizers 
of the Midwest Oil Company. Mr. Fisher was born February 15, 1872, 
in Fremont, Neb., removing to Denver in 1910. He was graduated from 
the University of Nebraska, and took a post-graduate course at Yale. 
He was married August 22, 1900, to Evangeline Hazlewood. Mr. Fisher 
is a member of Geological Society of America, Washington Academy of 
Science, Pick and Hammer Society. Denver and Denver Country Clubs, 
Royal Society. London, Cosmos Club, Washington, Sigma Xi fraternity. 




Flower, John S. 



TJP7ITH a keen insight into community affairs and a consuming desire 
for the betterment of Denver, Colorado and the West, John Sebastian 
Flower ranks high as a citizen. The parents of Mr. Flower were of Colo- 
nial stock. He was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He formerly 
was a printer, newspaper reporter, and publisher. December 10, 1891, 
he was married to Nellie Ludlow, at Monroe, Wis. Since June, 1886, 
he has been identified with some of the biggest real estate and financial 
transactions in Denver. He was chairman of the successful anti-Bucklin 
executive committee and executive chairman of the campaign which first 
elected Robert W. Speer mayor of Denver. He ran for mayor in 1919. 
He is a member of the Clayton College Board, chairman of the Denver 
Civil Service Commission and Denver Depot Commission, and has been 
for 20 years chairman of Denver Real Estate Exchange's Public Improve- 
ment Committee. 







Foster. Alexis C. 



\ N outstanding figure in the Western financial world is Alexis C. 
Foster, of Denver, president of the Bankers Trust Company, vice- 
president of the United States National Bank, and director of the Denver 
branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. He removed to Denver in 1890, 
from Nashville, Tenn., where he was born July 25, 1867. In 1898 he 
became credit man of the Daniels & Fisher Stores Company, and later 
was one of the organizers of the United States National Bank. In 1912 
he engaged in the bond business as a member of the firm of Sweet, 
Causey, Foster & Co. He was married to Alice Eddy Fisher, in Chicago, 
in 1898. He is a member of Cherry Hills Club. Denver Club, Denver 
Country Club, Rotary Club, Cactus Club, and Mile High Club. Golf is 
his favorite pastime. 




Frantz, Frank 



t'RANK FRANTZ, formerly governor of Oklahoma, located in Denver 
in 1919. He is vice-president of the LUe Petroleum Company, and 
is connected with many other similar enterprises in the West. Mr. Frantz 
was born at Roanoke, 111.. May 7, 1872. He attended Eureka College, 
at Eureka, 111., from 1890 to 1892, and was a first lieutenant and captain 
with Colonel Roosevelt's Rough Riders. In 1902 and 1903 he served as 
postmaster at Enid, Okla., and the following two years he was United 
States Indian agent for the Osage reservation. He served as governor of 
Oklahoma from January, 1906, to November, 1907, and since that time 
has been engaged in the oil business exclusively. Mr. Frantz was mar- 
ried to Matilda Evans, in 1901. He is a member of many leading social 
and fraternal organizations. 




Frazzini, Prospero 



pROSPERO FRAZZINI, president of the Italian-American Bank, is 
active in civic and community affairs as well as in the business 
world. Mr. Frazzini was born in Italy, July 21, 1867, and received his 
education there. The title of Chevalier was twice conferred upon him 
by the king. Since 1911 he has been active in the Italian Red Cross in 
the Western states, and for his work received the Grand Prix from the 
Italian government. He was a member of the Colorado house of repre- 
sentatives from 1912 to 1914. During the war Mr. Frazzini participated 
in all patriotic drives and in the sale of Liberty bonds. Mr. Frazzini 
is a member of the Denver Motor Club and Civic and Commercial 
Association. He belongs to the Italian order of the Masonic Lodge. He 
married Emma Nestor, of Denver. July 28, 1915. 




Freeman, Fred W . 

'C'RED W. FREEMAN, of Denver, is general Western manager for The 
Texas Company. He is vice-president of the Texas Production Com- 
pany, vice-president and director of the Central Pipeline Company, Wyo- 
ming, president and director of the McFab Realty Company, Fort Collins. 
Colo. He also takes an active part in religious work, being president of 
the American Baptist Home Mission Society, president of the State Bap- 
tist Convention of Colorado, and a member of the Board of Promotion 
of the Northern Baptist Convention. Mr. Freeman was born in Crystal 
Springs, Miss., November 20, 1868. He was married August 7, 1890, to 
Emma T. Thompson, and has two children. He is a member of the Denver 
Athletic Club, Lakewood Country Club. Denver Civic and Commercial 
Association, Denver Motor Club. Academy of Political Science and 
Economy, Democratic Club, American Mining Congress. 




Friederich, Philip Peter 

pHILIP PETER FRIEDERICH, a native of Denver, is a director of 
the American Bank and Trust Company and secretary-treasurer and 
general manager of the Denver Park and Amusement Company and 
a number of other amusement companies in various parts of the United 
States. He served in the intelligence section of the aviation corps during 
the war. He was born on March 14, 1891, and was graduated from Notre 
Dame University in 1908. Mr. Friederich was married December 6, 
1920, to Patricia Campion, of Denver. They have one daughter. Mr. 
Friederich is an active member of the Denver Athletic Club. Lakewood 
Country Club, Rocky Mountain Country Club, and Denver Motor Club. 
Outdoor sports are his recreational delights. 



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Friedman, Arthur F. 

ARTHUR F. FRIEDMAN, Denver lawyer, was born in Denver, July 
18, 1885. He obtained his preliminary education in the public schools 
of Denver and his higher training in the University of Michigan, where 
he was graduated with the law class of 1908. Immediately after he 
began the practice of law in Denver. He is a member of the law firm 
of Hindry. Friedman & Brewster. During the World War Mr. Friedman 
was a first lieutenant in the field artillery. He now holds the same rank 
in the officers' reserve corps. Mr. Friedman belongs to the Progress Club, 
Rocky Mountain Consistory, El Jebel Shrine, and various other Masonic 
bodies; also he is an Elk and an Odd Fellow. He is unmarried. 




Gano, George W. 



"17ICE-PRESIDENT of the Gano-Downs Company, George W. Gano has 
been connected actively with the organization for more than 30 years. 
Mr. Gano was born in St. Louis, Mo., September 15, 1871, and removed 
to Denver with his parents when he was less than one year old. He 
attended East Denver High School, Eastman Business College, at Pough- 
keepsie, and Harvard University. Lipon returning to Denver, he entered 
the business in which he is now engaged. In 1910 his organization erected 
the Metropolitan Building, one of the finest in Denver, and devoted exclu- 
sively to the use of physicians. Mr. Gano belongs to the Denver Club, 
Denver Country Club, Cherry Hills Club. Cactus Club, and Mile High 
Club. He was married to Ethel Reed, of Denver, in 1896. He finds recrea- 
tional diversion in golfing and farming. 




Gano, Merritt W ., Jr. 

TNCLLIDED among the most successful younger business leaders and 
active club members of Denver is Merritt W. Gano, Jr., vice-president 
of the Gano-Downs Company, one of the foremost retail clothing houses 
in the West. Mr. Gano was born in Denver, May 4, 1891, and has spent 
virtually all his life in Colorado. He attended the Denver public schools 
and Yale. He received the Ph.D. degree from Yale in 1914, since which 
time he has been actively identified with the Gano-Downs organization in 
an executive capacity. He was married, August 25, 1916, to Pauline 
Weare, of Boston. Mr. Gano is a leading member of the Denver Club, 
Denver Country Club. Rotary Club, and the Denver Civic and Commer- 
cial Association. 




Garwood. William Ward 



WILLIAM WARD GARWOOD, senior member of the law firm of 
Garwood & Garwood, Denver, is one of the widely known attorneys 
of Colorado. Mr. Garwood was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, March 5, 
1871. He removed to Colorado in 1892, after attending the University 
of Iowa, to enter the University of Denver, from which he was graduated 
in 1895. Since then he has made his residence in Denver. He was 
admitted to the Colorado bar the year of his graduation. Mr. Garwood 
holds membership in the Lakewood Country Club and the City Park 
Golf Club, of Denver. Mr. Garwood is single. He is an active member 
in the various Masonic bodies. Horseback riding and golf comprise his 
diversions. Politics also holds much interest for him. 




GasL Robert S. 



TJOBERT S. GAST, a graduate of Yale Lniversity, has engaged in the 
practice of law at Pueblo since his graduation from the Columbia 
University law school in 1905. He is chairman of the board of directors 
of the First National Bank at Florence, director of the American National 
Bank at Alamosa, and is legal advisor for a number of other banking 
institutions. During the war he was commissioned civilian aide to 
the adjutant general, was active in the American Red Cross and at 
the time of the Pueblo flood in 1921 was appointed relief agent for the 
stricken city. Mr. Cast was married May 13, 1908. to Corinne N. Busey 
of Pueblo. They have three children. He belongs to Phi Delta Phi 
fraternity, Denver Club, University Club, Denver, Cactus Club, Mile 
High Club, Minnequa Club, Yale Club of New York, Pueblo Com- 
mercial Club and Elks. He is a lover of books and music. 




Gates. Charles Cassias 



"C^ROM a business started in a small shop in Denver, in which Charles 
Cassius Gates and one employe, a boy, produced the first leather 
half-sole auto tire, the Gates Rubber Company in eleven years has 
grown into a concern of international repute, employing 1,200 to 1,500 
workers. Mr. Gates was born in Waterford, Mich., November 26, 1877. 
He attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 1901, and the 
Michigan College of Mines, where he completed his course in 1903, 
immediately after removing to Denver. After working for eight years 
as a mining engineer, he invented the Gates Half-Sole, and later the 
Gates Super Tread Tire, which has brought him fame and industrial 
leadership. In 1910 he was married to Hazel Rhoads, of Denver. He is 
a Shriner, and a member of the Denver Club, Denver Athletic Club and 
Rotary Club, and is president of Greater Colorado, Inc. 




Gates, Herman B, 



PRESIDENT of the Gates Investment Company. Herman B. Gates, 
of Denver, presents an outstanding figure in business antl public 
life in Colorado and Wyoming. Mr. Gates is president of the First 
National Bank of Worland. Wyoming, member of the board of directors 
of the Wyoming Sugar Company, director and vice-president of the 
Western National Life Insurance Company and director and vice-president 
of the Howell Stores, of Worland. Wyoming. He was state treasurer of 
Wyoming from 1915 to 1919. state representative in Wyoming in 1913 
and 1914. and mayor of Worland in 1910 and 1911. Mr. Gates was born 
in Auburn. Illinois. January 7, 1884. He married Nelle Foster, August 
28. 1908. Mr. Gates is a member of the Denver Athletic Club. Denver 
Motor Club. Rocky Mountain Country Club. Omaha Athletic Club and 
Bear River Gun Club. He is a Shriner 




Given, Warren R. 



TYTARREN R. GIVEN, head of a Denver and New York investment 
house bearing his name, formerly city editor of the Rocky Moun- 
tain News and other Denver newspapers, was born in Centralia. 111., 
November 10, 1874. He removed to Denver with his parents at the age 
of 6. He was educated from Denver public schools, but obtained most 
of his training as a newspaper writer and editor. He abandoned jour- 
nalism 1.5 years ago to engage in his present business. Mr. Given was 
married, in 1917, to Rose Fowler, of Pennsylvania. He is an active 
member of the Denver Press Club and belongs to various Masonic bodies, 
including the Shrine, Knights Templar, Consistory, Chapter and Blue 
Lodge. 




Good, John Edward 

/~\NE of Colorado's native sons, whose father was one of the state's 
pioneer capitalists, John Edward Good occupies a commanding posi- 
tion in the present-day industrial life of Denver. He is president of the 
Tivoli-Hnion Company and the Western Products Company. He is also 
engaged in the real estate and investment business and other enterprises. 
Mr. Good was born in Denver, June 21, 1871. He attended Yale Uni- 
versity, graduating in 1895. From 1898 to 1903 he served as advertising 
manager for the Deimel-Linen Mesh Company in New York. From 
1885 to 1898 he was teller in the First National Bank in Denver. He is 
a member of the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, University Club, 
Vallejo Gun Club, Wigwam Club, and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. 
Hunting, fishing and motoring are his favorite diversions. 




Gould, Carl A. 



i^ARL A. GOULD of Denver, construction engineer for Col. A. E. 
Humphreys, the Mexia Oil king, was born on August 2, 1883, in 
Le Roy, Mich. He settled in Colorado in 1915. He was graduated 
from Cornell University in 1907. immediately afterwards engaging in the 
construction of a hydro electric plant in Washington. Later he assumed 
charge of a large part of the construction activities of the Northern 
Pacific Railroad, and later built the sewer system at Breckenridge, 
Colo. From 1916 to 1919 he built 100 miles of ditches and highways 
in Minnesota. He formerly was engineer in charge of construction for 
the Ute Oil Company. He was married in 1909. to Blanche W. Preston. 
They have one son and two daughters. Mr. Gould belongs to the 
Cornell Club. Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Masonic order and American 
Association of Engineers. He is a lover of golf, skiing and track athletics. 




Green, Charles Carey 



pHARLES CAREY GREEN is the other one of "Those Green B. others," 
whose unique advertising ideas have served to make their wholesale 
produce business in Denver among the largest in the nation. Mr. Green 
was born in Griggsville, 111., December 13, 1882, and three years later 
removed with his parents to Denver. Mr. Green received his education 
and training in the produce business, serving his apprenticeship with 
the Liebhardt Fruit Company, of which he became manager after it 
had been taken over by the Lawrence-Hensley organization. Later he 
founded the produce department of the Proudfit-Ormsby Company, which 
he and his brother eventually took over and changed to the Green 
Brothers Produce Company. Mr. Green, who is single, is a Shriner, 
a Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason. He belongs to the Lakewood 
Country Club, Denver Athletic Club, and Denver Motor Club. His 
favorite diversion is hunting. 




Green, Fred Jonathan 



'T^O Fred Jonathan Green goes a large share of the credit for the suc- 
cess of "Those Green Brothers," wholesale fruit and produce mer- 
chants. Born in Griggsville, 111., he started his business career as an 
office boy with the Colorado Midland Railroad, following his graduation 
from East Denver High School. Today he is president of the Green 
Brothers Fruit and Produce Company, founded in 1917, which, because 
of its unique and original advertising methods has become known through- 
out the United States. Mr. Green was married to Esther Bilheimer, in 
Philadelphia, in 1919. He is a member of the Denver Country Club, 
Lakewood Country Club, Denver Athletic Club, Denver Motor Club, and 
is a Shriner. Business and his home are his hobbies. 




Gregory, George B. 

p EORGE G. GREGORY, of Denver, is president of the Sholtz-Mutual 
Drug Company, one of the largest chain store companies in the 
country. He was born November 24, 1890. at Harlan, Ky., and removed 
to Colorado at the age of 18. After working at odd jobs for several years 
he entered the employ of the Sholtz Drug Company, in Denver, and in 
1917 organized the Mutual Drug Company. Early in 1920 he purchased 
the Sholtz drug stores and formed a consolidation which has extended 
its business over Colorado. It also has branches in Los Angeles, Calif., 
and in San Francisco. Mr. Gregory is a lover of outdoor sports, espe- 
cially lumlino; and fishing. 




Grimes, Benjamin 



T^ROM newsboy to president and general manager of a large metal and 
machinery company, in Denver, is the record of Benjamin Grimes. 
He was born in Poland, January 2, 1877, and ten years later immigrated 
to America, settling in Denver with his parents. At the age of 17 he 
engaged in the metal business and has since developed one of the largest 
organizations of its kind in Colorado. He was married, in 1900, to Lena 
Jacobson, who died in 1917. In 1919 Mr. Grimes was married to Birdie 
E. Knight, of Denver. Mr. Grimes belongs to the Progress Club, Denver 
Lodge No. 5, A. F. & A. M., and the Bnai Brith. He enjoys hunting and 
fishing. 




GutshalL Robt. S. 



T>OBT. S. GLITSHALL was born in Colorado Springs in the early '70's 
and has always lived in Colorado. He attended the public schools 
of Denver and Denver University, and in 1899 established the Colorado 
Tent and Awning Company, which firm is recognized throughout the 
West as one of the leading canvas goods manufacturing establishments. 
Mr. Gutshall is a member of the Denver Athletic Club. Lakewood Coun- 
try Club, Denver Motor Club. Rocky Mountain Motorists, Inc.. Rotary 
Club, Oriental Lodge No. 87, A. F. &. A. M., Denver Chapter No. 2 R. 
A. M., Denver Commandery No. 25 K. T., Colorado Consistory No. 1, 
and El Jebel Shrine. In 1900 he married Miss Marguerite Ponder, of 
Denver. They have two sons, Robert P., 20, and James D., 9. Mr. Gut- 
shall's favorite diversions are golfing and motoring. 




Hahju William L, 



TY7M. L. HAHN is vice-president and a director of the Guardian Trust 
Company, Denver. He was born in Middletown, Conn., November 
28, 1878. Soon after coming to Denver, about 25 years ago, he was 
employed by the Knight-Campbell Music Company. Later he was asso- 
ciated with A. F. Werhle, manufacturing jeweler, afterwards becoming 
manager of the J. I. Schwartz Jewelry Company. Upon leaving the 
jewelry business, he became identified with the Guardian Trust Com- 
pany. About five years ago he was interested in the Willner Stores 
Corporation, and later became president and general manager of that 
organization until it was combined with the L. R. Steel Company, Inc., 
at which time he became western district manager of the service offices 
of that company, with headquarters in Denver. He is a thirty-second 
degree Mason and a member of El Jebel Shrine. 




Hall, Joseph J. 



TOSEPH J. HALL, widely known builder, financier and business man, 
is president of the Hall Hotel Company. He organized and financed 
the Y. Oil and Gas Company. Mr. Hall was born September 23, 1874, 
in Owen Sound, Canada. He entered the electrical business on finishing 
school, and later built 2,300 miles of telephone lines. Between 1906 
and 1915 he financed the Tabasco Plantation Company, Wilcox Motor 
Company, Western Finance Company, and Standard Medical Supply 
Company, also the Logan Place Apartments, Montgomery Court and 
Hall Hotel. He was married in 1906, in New York City, to Genevieve 
Robertson. Mr. Hall belongs to the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, 
Cherry Hills Club, Denver Athletic Club, Camp Fire Club of America, 
and all the Masonic bodies. He wrote the first magazine article advo- 
cating the present federal migratory bird law. 




Hallett, Lucius F. 



"PRESIDENT of the Denver Board of Education and prominent in the 
real estate business and the mining industry, Lucius F. Hallett, 
a Colorado native son, is truly a civic leader in every sense of the word. 
Mr. Hallett was born in Denver November 12, 1884. He completed an 
engineering course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 
1908, and since that time has been active in Colorado mining. He directs 
his mining and real estate interests and other investments, and in addi- 
tion is active in a number of other affairs. Mr. Hallett is a member of 
the board of trustees of City Park museum, a member of the Oakes 
Home board and a member of the board of managers of St. Luke's 
Hospital. He is a patron of the arts and is deeply interested in etchings 
and paintings. He finds diversion in golfing, fishing and motoring. He 
was married to Genevieve Pfeiffer, June 14, 1909. 




Hamill, James Norman 

TAMES NORMAN HAMILL. son of Gen. William A. Hamill, deceased, 
was born in Georgetown, Colo., March 20, 1881. Following in the 
footsteps of his father, Mr. Hamill has spent virtually all his time 
mining since leaving college. His father frequently was termed the 
"Plumed Knight" of Clear Creek County, Colorado, and was the owner 
of the Famous Terrible mine at Silver Plume and a leader in politics. 
Mr. Hamill owns the Hamill tunnel at Silver Plume, being driven to 
establish contact between Clear Creek and Summit Counties. He was 
married to Catherine Gaynor of St. Louis in 1905. They make their 
home in Denver. He belongs to the Elks. 




Hamlin, Clarence Clark 

pLARENCE CLARK HAMLIN, lawyer and editor of the Colorado 
Springs Evening and Sunday Telegraph, was born in Manchester, 
la., January 7, 1868. On graduating from law school at the University 
of Iowa in 1890, Mr. Hamlin began the practice of law in Wyoming. He 
was state senator from Sweetwater County, Wyoming, from 1893 to 
1896; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896; moved 
to Colorado Springs in 1896; district attorney of the Fourth Colorado 
Judicial District 1895 to 1899; delegate at large from Colorado to the 
Republican National Convention in 1920, and a member of the state 
council of national defense under Governor Gunter during the World 
War. Mr. Hamlin was married in 1898 to Seddie Gunnell. He is a 
member of the Denver Club. Denver Press Club, El Paso Club, Cheyenne 
Mountain Club and Country and Cooking Club, Colorado Springs. He 
belongs to the Masonic and Elk Lodges. 




Hamm^ Dr. Arthur C. 

'T'HE distinction of being the first specialist in the treatment of peri- 
dental diseases in America goes to Dr. Arthur C. Hamm, Denver 
dental surgeon. Dr. Hamm is past president of the Dental Examining 
Board of Colorado, past president of the Denver Dental Association, past 
president of the Colorado Society of Periodontists, and past grand msister 
of the Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity. He was born in Bath, Ontario, 
Canada, August 8, 1882. He attended the Queens Medical College of 
Kingston, Ontario, in 1900-1901. He was graduated from the Ihiiversity 
of Michigan in 1905 and removed to Denver in 1908. Dr. Hamm is a 
member of the University Club of Portland, Ore., Lakewood Country 
Club, Denver Athletic Club, Rotary Club, and Denver Motor Club. He 
is a Mason. He was married to Edith Granger in Detroit, Mich., January 
1, 1907. Dr. Hamm, besides his dental surgery, is a horticulturist of 
ability. 




Hamrockf Patrick J. 

/^OLONEL PATRICK J. HAMROCK, commandant of the 157th In- 
fantry during the World War and formerly adjutant general of 
Colorado and head of the State Rangers, was born in Dublin, Ireland, 
February 10, 1871. As a member of the U. S. Army, he served through- 
out the Sioux Indian campaign. In 1891 he joined the Colorado National 
Guard, being discharged as a major. He served on the Mexican border 
until war was declared with Germany. He went to France in 1918, seeing 
active service. After the armistice he was made inspector general of 
the port of embarkation at Bordeaux, serving until August, 1919, when 
he returned to Denver. He was adjutant general of Colorado and head 
of the Rangers until his resignation in December. 1922. January 2, 
1923, he was appointed Civil Service commissioner. Colonel Hamrock 
was married in June, 1897, to Anna Watson. He has two sons. Colonel 
Hamrock is a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, and the Elks. 




Haraivay, William N. 



W/^ILLIAM N. HARAWAY, district manager of the Piggly-Wiggly 
Stores, Inc.. for the district of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri 
and Iowa, has been a continuous resident of Colorado for more than 
thirteen years. Before the organization of the chain in 1918, he was 
a wholesale grocery salesman. His district now embraces five Western 
and Middle Western States, with 68 stores. More than a score of 
stores are being maintained in Denver, and it is planned to increase 
this number. Mr. Haraway is operating branch wholesale distributing 
warehouses in Denver, Omaha, St. Joseph and Wichita. Mr. Haraway 
was born in Memphis, Tenn., February 12, 1882, and was married in 
1906 to Clara Outten. He has three sons. He is active in the Lions 
Club. Civic and Commercial Association and Colorado Manufacturers 
and Merchants Association. He belongs to the Elks Lodge and is a 
keen lover of football, baseball and all athletics. 




Hardesty, Rudd 



"DUDD HARDESTY is president of the Hardesty Manufacturing Com- 
pany, of Denver, which was incorporated in 1899, to manufacture 
irrigation equipment, cans, corrugated iron and sheet metal products. 
The entire world is the market for the output of his business. Three 
branch firms have been established in Utah, Idaho and Montana. Born 
in the Bluegrass country, at Mumfordsville, Ky., August 18, 1870, Mr. 
Hardesty came West in 1888. settling in Denver. He was married to 
Ada Walker Rudd, at Rockport, Ind.. November 21, 1907. Diversions 
which Mr. Hardesty enjoys are golfing and fishing. He is a director of 
the Denver Transportation Bureau, a member of the Denver Country 
Club. Denver Athletic Club. Lakewood Country Club, Oriental Lodge 
No. 87, A. F. & A. M.. Commandery No. 25. and B. P. O. E. No. 17, 
all of Denver. 




Harrison. Meyer 



\ CTIVE in Colorado business and politics. Meyer Harrison, general 
agent for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, has had a 
varied and interesting business career. Born in London. England. 
September 27, 1860, Mr. Harrison removed to Denver in 1879, where 
for years he was engaged in the mining industry, both as prospector 
and operator. At one time he worked in the advertising department 
of the old Denver Republican. Mr. Harrison formerly was a director 
in the Chamber of Commerce, and was the first president of the Lincoln 
Republican Club in Denver. He married Isabel Matthew Field, of 
Denver, May 27, 1886. Mr. Harrison is a member of the Lakewood 
Country Club, Denver Motor Club and El Jebel Shrine. Golf and 
motoring provide his diversions. 




Harrison, Thomas Samuel 

'T'HOMAS SAMUEL HARRISON is a widely -known petroleum geolo- 
gist. Mr. Harrison was born in Evansville, Ind., August 27, 1881, 
and was married to Miss Ruth Wiley in 1910. He attended Indiana Uni- 
versity and is a graduate of both the University of Denver and the 
Colorado School of Mines at Golden. He is a member of the Beta Theta 
Pi college fraternity and the Sigma Gamma Epsilon honorary fraternity. 
Mr. Harrison belongs to the Denver Club, Lakewood Country Club, 
Cherry Hills Club, Denver Athletic Club, American Institute of Mining 
Engineers, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and Rocky 
Mountain Association of Petroleum Geologists. Indians and archaeology 
are his hobbies. 




Hecox, Roy C. 



T>OY C. HECOX, Denver attorney, was born in Midland, Mich., Sept. 
14, 1874, and removed to Colorado, July 5, 1889. He was graduated 
from Beloit college, Beloit, Wis., with the class of 1898, and since his 
admission to the bar in Colorado in 1901, has practiced law continuously 
in Denver. He was married to Anna H. Brown, of Beloit, and has four 
children. Mr. Hecox is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, the Uni- 
versity Club, Denver Athletic Club, and Oriental Blue Lodge, Denver 
A. F. & A. M. No. 87, Mount View Chapter No. 50, El Jebel Shrine, 
Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World. During the war he 
served with the quartermaster corps of the United States Army. 




Hememvay, O. E. 



r\ E. HEMENWAY, of Colorado Springs, president of the Hemenway 
Grocery Company, is one of the pioneer retail merchants of Colorado. 
He is vice-president of the Colorado Springs National Bank and vice- 
president of the Rotary Club. Mr. Hemenway was born in Pecatonica, 
111., December 3, 1866, and moved to Colorado in 1880, making his 
home in Colorado Springs. He served on the board of education of 
that city for eight years and has been identified with other organizations. 
He was married in 1887 to Louise F. Schoch, formerly of Junction City, 
Kans., and has one daughter, Addie Louise Hemenway. Mr. Hemenway 
is a thirty-second degree Mason and belongs to the Odd Fellows' order, 
Colorado Springs Golf Club, Winter Night Club and the Rotary Club. 
His recreational favorites include farming and outdoor sports. 




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Henning, Welker F. 

TY7ELKER F. HENNING, municipal contractor of Casper, and a resi- 
dent of Wyoming since March 17, 1908, has achieved success in 
more than one field of endeavor. Among other things he installed the 
modern pumping plant and $1,000,000 sewer and water works system 
for Casper, and the water works in Mills. Wyo. He is president of the 
Henning Hotel Company and also the Mid-West Hotel Company, Casper. 
He engaged in plumbing and heating in former years. Mr. Henning was 
born in Louisville, Ky., November 26, 1883, and was married to Miss 
Lucille Miller. August 31. 1902. He is a member of the Casper Country 
Club, Southern California Club, Casper Motor Club, and Casper Com- 
mercial Club, Elks and Knights of Pythias. Motoring and fishing are 
Mr. Henning's pastimes. 




Herrington, Cass E. 

pASS E. HERRINGTON, special master in the Denver & Rio Grande 
Western Railroad federal receivership, has been a resident of Den- 
ver since 1889. Born December 23, 1856, near Pontiac. Mich., he was 
graduated from the University of Michigan in 1889. He married Isabella 
Manning, August 27, 1883. He was associated with the Colorado Fuel 
and Iron Company as attorney, general counsel and member of the execu- 
tive committee, from 1901 to 1919. During the World War he was 
a member of the Colorado War Council; also the War Industries Board 
as regional adviser for Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and northern New 
Mexico. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the United 
States Chamber of Commerce, in 1918. He is a former president of the 
Denver Club. Denver Civic and Commercial Association, and the Denver 
Bar Association. He also belongs to the University Club, Denver Country 
Club, Denver Press Club, and the Delta Tau fraternity. 




Hicks, Alfred Clark 



/^NE of the young leaders in Denver's automotive industry. Alfred 
Clark Hicks is vice-president of the Mountain Motors Company 
and secretary of the Western Acceptance Company. He was born at 
Leechburg. Pa., October 1, 1896. In 1915 he entered Yale University. 
He has resided hi Denver since 1901. Mr. Hicks is a member of the 
Denver Club, Denver Country Club and Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. 
Tinkering with machinery is a hobby with him. His favorite diversions 
at any time, are motoring and motor boating. He was married to Mary 
Virginia White on April 30, 1919, in Denver. He is the father of two 
children. 




Hicks, Samuel Nelson 

Tj^EW men in Denver are identified with as many outstanding business 
institutions and enterprises as Samuel Nelson Hicks, a resident of 
Colorado for more than twenty years. He is vice-president of the Penn 
Iron & Steel Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa., a director of the Denver 
National Bank and the Bankers Trust Company, of Denver. Mr. Hicks 
is also identified with coal interests in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. 
He was born in Blairsville, Pa., and came to Colorado from Pittsburgh 
in 1902. He was married to Janie M. Clark of Virginia, in 1895, and has 
three sons. Included among the numerous clubs of which he is an 
active member are the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, Cherry Hills 
Club, Denver Motor Club and the Mile High Club. Also, he is a 
Shriner and a thirty-second degree Mason. 




Hill, Mrs. Crawford 



IVTRS. CRAWFORD HILL comes from one of the oldest and most 
important families of the South, having been Miss Louise Sneed, of 
Memphis, Tenn., prior to her marriage with Crawford Hill, deceased. 
Mr. Hill was the son of the late Senator and Mrs. Nathaniel P. Hill, of 
Denver. Mrs. Hill not only enjoys great social distinction in this country 
but in Europe, where she was presented at the Court of England, and 
has been entertained by many royal personages. She spends part of each 
season in the East enjoying the gay social whirl of New York's and New- 
port's ultra-fashionable set. Mrs. Hill has two sons, Nathaniel P. Hill 
and Crawford Hill, Jr. When America became involved in the World 
War, she was one of the first to donate an ambulance for use on the 
battlefields of France. 




Hill Jere R. 



TERE R. HILL, director of the Denver Osage Oil Company, president 
of the Venus Oil Company of America, and actively interested in 
other organizations of a similar nature, has an affinity for oil. In fact, 
Mr. Hill, who was born in Culpeper, Va., April 2L 1873, inherited the 
"oil fever" from his father, who originated the Hill Oil Company in 
Pittsburgh, in 1859. Mr. Hill located in Colorado with his family in 
1917 and makes his home in Denver. He was graduated from the 
University of New York at Syracuse in 1897, three years after his 
marriage to Camille V. Cartmell, formerly of Jackson, Miss. He has 
a daughter, who is at present^ a student at Washington University. 
Mr. Hill belongs to various Masonic organizations. He is a close student 
of geology. 




Hodges, William Van Deveer 



/^ ROWING to manhood in Leadville, Colo., during the boom days of 
mining in the state, William VanDeveer Hodges, attorney, located in 
Denver in 1887. He was born in Westville, Otsego County, New York, 
July 6, 1877. Two years later his parents removed to Leadville. Mr. 
Hodges graduated from the University of Columbia Law School in 1899. 
In addition to his law practice, which has grown to great proportions, 
he served as president of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association 
in 1919 and 1920. He was married to Mabel E. Gilluly of Denver in 1902. 
Mr. Hodges is a member of Delta Psi fraternity, the Denver Club, Denver 
Country Club, Denver Press Club, Denver Athletic Club, University Club, 
Mile High Club, St. Anthony's Club of New York City and the Racquet 
Club of Washington, D. C. 




Hogan, Don 



T^ON HOGx\N, Denver distributor for the Cole and Rickenbacker motor 
cars, is an enthusiastic aeronaut. He holds the air record between 
Denver and Chicago. One of his most recent exploits was a flight of 
4,000 miles in his own machine during which he touched at Omaha, 
Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Indianapolis and other eastern cities. He is 
chairman of Denver's Aerial Board. He was born in Hudson, Mich., 
March 18, 1887. He attended Michigan State Normal for three years, 
playing quarterback on the football team. After removing to Denver 
he was married to Miss Betty Scoggan. Mr. Hogan is a member of the 
Denver Athletic Club. Rocky Mountain Club, Gentlemen's Driving and 
Riding Club, Knights of Columbus and Elks Lodge. 
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Hollis. Gordon F. B. 



f^ ORDON F. B. Mollis, organizer of the Drovers National Bank at the 
Denver Union Stock Yards in 1917 and present president, as well as 
the head of the Broadway National Bank. Denver, First National Bank 
at Rifle, Colo., First National Bank at Strasburg, Colo., and the First 
National Bank at Deertrail, Colo., was born in Eng'and, October 1, 
1876. He attended Kings College. London, after which he immigrated to 
this country. He removed to Colorado in 1906. from Junction City, 
Kans., and engaged in the livestock business. His home is in Denver. 
Mr. Hollis was married to Margaret Ellen Erwin, of Chapman, Kans., 
on June 17, 1903, and has four children, two sons and two daughters. 
He belongs to the Denver Club, Cherry Hills Club and Denver Athletic 
Club. 




Houston, M. Elliott 



ly/r ELLIOTT HOUSTON, president of the Title Guaranty Company, 
of Denver, owner and publisher of the Denver Record Stockman 
for ten years, came to Colorado 27 years ago. He was born in Taylorville, 
Ky., in 1876. Mr. Houston is president of the Denver Real Estate Bureau, 
a member of the board of trustees of the Central Presbyterian Church, 
and served as mayor at Steamboat Springs, Colo., 1907, 1908 and 1909. 
He organized the Denver Wholesale Produce Association and has taken 
a leading part in various other business activities. He is a graduate of 
the University of Kentucky and a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. 
Mr. Houston belongs to the Lakewood Country Club, Denver Athletic 
Club, and the Denver Civic and Commercial Association, in addition 
to various Masonic bodies. Mr. Houston was married to Elizabeth Duncan 
Scott, April 6, 1921, and has three chidren by his first marriage. Fishing 
and motoring are his hobbies. 




Hover, William A. 

'X'HE business attainments of William A. Hover are many and varied. 
He is the owner of W. A. Hover & Company, wholesale druggists, an 
organization which he formed more than 42 years ago. He is chairman 
of the board of the United States National Bank, of Denver, a director of 
the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, and is ex- 
president of the National Wholesale Druggists' Association. Mr. Hover 
formerly was a director of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association. 
Mr. Hover was born in Mazomanie, Wis., March 9, 1856, and settled in 
Colorado in 1878. He was married September 1, 1887, to Marianna 
Vaught, of Pittsford. N. Y. He was graduated from the University of 
Wisconsin and later attended Columbia School of Mines. Mr. Hover 
belongs to the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Denver Club, Denver Country 
Club, University Club, Denver Athletic Club, Denver Motor Club, Drug 
and Chemical Club of New York, and the Chemists" Club of New York. 
Fishing and golf are his hobbies. 




Hubbard. Leslie E. 



T ESLIE E. HUBBARD, formerly attorney general of the State of 
Colorado, was born in New London, Conn.. March 4, 1879, and 
removed to Denver in 1902. Mr. Hubbard graduated from the University 
of Denver in 1907, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree. He completed 
the law course at Yale in 1900, receiving the degree of Bachelor of 
Laws. He is general counsel for the Mountain States Life Insurance 
Company. He was assistant attorney general and inheritance tax 
appraiser from 1913 to 1916, and attorney general in 1917 and 1918. 
Adele Eaton, of Olney, 111., became his wife, November 5, 1915. Mr. 
Hubbard is a thirty-third degree Mason and an honorary member of the 
Supreme Council. He is a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, the 
Denver Athletic Club, and an honorary member of the Yale Masonic 
Club, New Haven. Hunting and fishing provide him with his greatest 
enjoyment during his leisure hours. 




Huffman, Edivard Charles 

pROGRESSIVENESS and a profound belief in the value of adver- 
tising, characterize Edward Charles Huffman, one of the leading 
realtors of Denver. After fifteen years in the drug business, during which 
time he operated two stores in Denver. Mr. Huffman entered the real 
estate business, in 1908. He is a member of the Denver Real Estate 
Exchange, Advertising Club, the builder of "Real Estate Avenue"' and 
promoter of Denver's first co-operatively owned apartment. Mr. HufYman 
was born in St. Louis, Mo., and removed to Denver in 1889. He was 
married August 19. 1903, to Mary D. Beebe of Denver. He is a regis- 
tered druggist of Colorado, a member of the Masonic order, the Woodmen 
of the World, president of the Allied Council of Improvement Associ- 
ation, Denver's largest organization of taxpayers. Advertising and build- 
ing Denver are given as his hobbies. 




Humphreys, Albert Edmund, Sr. 

A LBERT EDMUND HUMPHREYS, Sr., is well known throughout the 
United States for his philanthropic activities. In the organization 
of The Humphreys Foundation, his great dream of financing a chain of 
Rescue Missions, is nearing fruition. A genius for organization and de- 
velopment of business enterprises, he has formed and managed gigantic 
projects in railroading, mining and oil. Mr. Humphreys was born at 
Sissonville. West Virginia, January 11, 1860; attended Marshall College, 
W. Va.; and was married to AHce K. Boyd, of Ripley, Ohio, November 
3, 1887. In 1897, he came to Colorado and engaged in mining. He is 
a member of the Central Christian Church, the Denver Club, the Denver 
Athletic Club, the Denver Country Club, the Bankers Club of New York, 
and various organizations throughout the country. He is a Scottish Rite 
Mason and a Shriner; is an ardent lover of nature and an enthusiastic 
advocate of the preservation of game life and the propagation of fish 
culture. 




Humphreys^ A. E., Jr, 

\ E. HUMPHREYS, Jr., of Denver, son of Col. A. E. Humphreys, is 
closely associated with his father in the oil industry and in the 
opening and development of new fields through the Southwest. Although 
a young man in years, he already has demonstrated in more ways tl an 
one that he will successfully follow in the footsteps of Col. Humphreys 
in directing big business activities in Denver and elsewhere. He was 
graduated from Yale university in the class of 1915, and belongs to the 
Colony Society, as well as the Denver Club and the Denver Country Club. 
He was married to Miss Ruth Boettcher, of Denver, in 1919. He is an 
ardent lover of golf and hunting and all out-door life. 




Hunger ford, Adrianna 



A DRIANNA HUNGERFORD, of Denver, for 18 years president of the 
Colorado organization of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 
is known for her noteworthy efforts in bringing about prohibition. Mrs. 
Hungerford, wife of Dr. E. Hungerford, was married in 1879 in New 
York and has a son, L. B. Hungerford, of Denver. She was born in Short 
Tract, N. Y., October 15, 1858, and located in Boulder Colo., in 1886, 
later removing to Denver. She was graduated from the Normal School 
at Genesee. N. Y. She has devoted the best part of her life to temper- 
ance and has lived to observe with satisfaction the fruits of her untiring 
efforts. 




Isenberg, Harry N. 



TTARRY N. ISENBERG, who was born in Pueblo, Colo., September 24, 
1878, is engaged in a multiplicity of business activities, among which 
are the oil industry and the cleaning and dyeing business. Mr. Isenberg, 
who resides in Denver, is president of the Model Cleaners and Dyers Com- 
pany and is treasurer of the Biackstone Salt Creek Oil Company. He 
has large oil holdings in Wyoming and at present is operating in Colo- 
rado, near Pueblo. Mr. Isenberg was married to Katherine Brett, June 
25, 1920. He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club and the Elks 
lodge, and is a lover of horse-racing and virtually all outdoor sports. 




Jacobs, John Joseph 

TOHN JOSEPH JACOBS is general manager, secretary and treasurer 
of the O. P. Baur Confectionery Company, of Denver, and has been 
identified with that organization for more than twenty years. He was 
born in Hazleton, Pa., March 25, 1872. In 1891 he took a business 
course at Pierce's school in Philadelphia. He was graduated at the age 
of 20 years, whereupon he removed to Denver. He obtained employment 
with the Baur Company and held his position for four years, after 
which he left the company for a time to assume charge of the St. Clair's 
Confectionery Company, in Boston. Mr. Jacobs was married to Mary 
Isabelle Leckie, in Hazleton, Pa., in 1899. He belongs to the Consistory, 
El Jebel Shrine, Elks, Lakewood Countrj- Club, and Rocky Mountain 
Country Club. 




Jacohson, Arthur 



A RTHUR JACOBSON is president of the Arthur Jacobson Company, 
of Denver, diamonds and jewelry. He was born in Denver, January 
1, 1894, and at the age of 17 entered the business of which he is now 
the head. He was educated in the public schools of Denver. He organized 
and was elected first president of the Gyro Club of Denver. He is also 
a member of the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Jacobson is a noble of El Jebel 
Shrine. On May 1, 1919. he married Clare Schirmer, daughter of 
Godfrey Schirmer, Denver banker. During the World War Mr. Jacobson 
was a lieutenant in the aviation corps. He enjoys golf and motoring. 




James, Harry C. 



'T'HE son of William H. James, a pioneer mining man. Harry C. James 
is one of the outstanding financiers and corporation directors of the 
state. He was born in Georgetown, Colo., August 15, 1868. He attended 
the University of Michigan. For a time he was treasurer of the Shredded 
Wheat Biscuit Company. Mr. James is a director of the Denver National 
Bank, Denver Gas and Electric Light Company and Portland Cement 
Company. He is president of the United Metals. Mining and Milling 
Company and vice-president of the Yak Mining and Tunnel Company. 
He was married to Carrie May Davidson, in Denver, June 8, 1892. He 
delights in hunting and other outdoor sports. He is a member of the 
Psi Epsilon fraternity and various social and fraternal organizations of 
Denver. 




Johnson, Albert L. 



A LBERT L. JOHNSON, secretary of the White & Johnson Construction 
Company, Denver, was born June 30, 1882, in Antelope County, 
Nebraska. Since locating in Colorado, in 1920, he has taken a prom- 
inent part in the construction and improvement of the highway transpor- 
tation arteries of the state. He built the Brighton-Fort Lupton Highway, 
the Red Mountain road, the Cumbres Pass link, and also an important fed- 
eral aid road on the Santa Fe Trail east of Pueblo, in addition to a five- 
mile concrete stretch at Brighton. He was married to Alice F. Drayton, 
in April, 1906. Mr. Johnson belongs to the Denver Motor Club, Denver 
Trap Club and all the Masonic bodies, having traversed both the York 
and Scottish routes. Shooting, golf and motoring are his hobbies. 




Johnson, Hezron Arthur 



Xj^OR eight years Hezron Arthur Johnson has handled traffic for the Colo- 
rado & Southern Railway in his capacity as traffic manager. Born in 
New York. Mr. Johnson settled in Denver in 1889. Ten years later, after 
following the railroad business for several years, he was appointed general 
freight agent. In 1914 he became traffic manager. He is a member of 
the Denver Club, Denver Country Club and the Bohemian Club of San 
Francisco. He delights in various forms of sports and takes a keen inter- 
est in the intricate problems presented to him in his daily work. 




Johnston, George Palmer 



r^EORGE PALMER JOHNSTON, of Cheyenne, one of Wyoming's 
leading physicians and surgeons, is medical adviser of the Western 
National Life Insurance Company and is consulting surgeon for the 
Wyoming Division of the Union Pacific Railroad. Dr. Johnston was born 
in Osborn. Ohio, March 6, 1863, and removed to Wyoming in April, 1892. 
He was graduated from Antioch College in Ohio, in 1888, receiving the 
degree of A. M. in 1896. He was married to Fannie Phelps on September 
25, 1912. Dr. Johnston is a pioneer in surgery, having performed the 
first laparotomy work in Wyoming. He has been active in the upbuilding 
of his profession, being an authority of the present medical law in 
Wyoming, and has served as president of the Wyoming and other medical 
societies. Dr. Johnston devotes some of his time to his farm and to 
stock raising. 




Joslin, Frank Andrus (Deceased) 



T^HE late Frank Andrus Joslin was one of the pioneers in the dry goods 
business in Colorado. He settled in Denver in 1872, when he was 14 
years old. He engaged in the dry goods business until his death, July 10, 
1922. Mr. Joslin was born in Poultney, Vt.. September 16, 1858. After 
completing his early education, he became associated with his father 
as a member of the Joslin Dry Goods Company. He was highly respected 
as a merchant and possessed a host of friends. He was always ready and 
did serve in any capacity to further Denver's interests. He was married 
February 8, 1888, in St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Dora A. Handlan. Mr. 
Joslin was an ardent lover and student of music and literature. 




Kamrath, Charles F. 

/~\NE of the leading figures in the western meat packing industry is 
Charles F. Kamrath, president of the Mountain States Packing Com- 
pany, of Denver. Mr. Kamrath for many years was with Swift & Com- 
pany, in Kansas City and Chicago. He has been prominently identified 
with the packing industry in Chicago, Omaha and Spokane, Wash. He 
was born July 27, 1870, in Dayton, Ohio, and removed to Colorado from 
Chicago in 1920. He was married to Emma A. Rover, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 
June 6, 1894. Mr. Kamrath is a member of the Colorado Manufacturers' 
Association. Denver Motor Club. Rocky Mountain Country Club, and the 
Denver Civic and Commercial Association. He is an active member of 
the Masonic order. Hunting, fishing and all outdoor sports are his 
hobbies. 




Kelley, Albert D, 



A LBERT D. KELLEY, of Cheyenne, president of the Kelley Mercan- 
tile Company and the Kelley Realty Company, and interested in 
a number of oil-producing organizations, was born in Sullivan County, 
Ind., February 2, 1859. He settled in Wyoming in 1878. Mr. Kelley 
was a member of the territorial legislature, city treasurer of Cheyenne, 
sheriff of Laramie County, a member of the legislature from 1895 to 
1898. In 1919 he was elected to the house of representatives. In 1920 
he was elected to the state senate. Mr. Kelley was married to Maggie 
Dunn. February 11, 1879, and his five children. He belongs to the 
Cheyenne Civic and Commercial Association. Cheyenne Country Club, 
Literary Club, Lions Club, Elks, Masons, and Knights of Pythias. 




Kendrick^ Charles A. 



"DEMOVING to Denver in 1875, Charles A. Kendrick took up stock 
raising and agriculture, later founding the Kendrick-Bellamy Sta- 
tionery Company, of which he is now president. Mr. Kendrick was bora 
October 17, 1862, at Randolph, Ohio. On November 25. 1886. he was 
married to Laura Baxter, of Denver, who died September 11, 1890. 
He was married to Nellie Baxter, of Denver. May 6, 1896. He is director 
of the United States National Bank, and of the Presbyterian Hospital. 
He was chairman of the executive committee, and also chairman of the 
state organization committee on the State Council of National Defense 
during the war. For three years he was president of the Denver Retail 
Merchants" Association. He was president of the Boy Scouts of America 
in Denver for two years. He is a member of the Denver Club, Denver 
Country Club, Rotary Club, Royal League, and the Woodmen of the 
World. Mr. Kendrick's hobbies are duck-shooting and fishing. 




Kennedy, T. Blake .\ 

'y BLAKE KENNEDY, of Cheyenne, United States district judge for 
the District of Wyoming, recognized as one of the West's most 
eminent legal authorities. Judge Kennedy was born April 4. 1874, in 
Commerce, Mich., and was married February 8. 1906, to Anna Lyons. 
He was graduated from Franklin College, at New Athens, Ohio, in 1895 
and received his LL.B. from Syracuse University in 1897. Judge Kennedy 
practiced law in Syracuse three years before removing to Cheyenne. 
He was chairman of the Wyoming State Republican committee from 
1918 to 1921, and delegate to the Republican National Convention in 
1920. He is a past master of the Masonic Blue Lodge and past 
worshipful grand master of the grand lodge of Wyoming. He is active 
also in the Consistory and Mystic Shrine and was Exalted Ruler of the 
Elks in 1913 and 1914. Judge Kennedy belongs to the Phi Delta Phi 
fraternity, Cheyenne Country Club, Cheyenne Commercial Association 
and Rotary Club. Golf and billiards are his diversions. 




Kettering, Charles W . 

pHARLES WESLEY KETTERING is president and general manager 
of the Kettering Company of Denver, which installs and manu- 
factures refrigerators, ice-making machinery, cooling rooms and equip- 
ment for meat markets and hotels. He was born in Lewis, Iowa, April 15, 
1877, and moved to Denver with his family in 1902. He was married to 
Genevieve Burch, of Denver, in July, 1909. Mr. Kettering is one of a 
large family, all of whom have been active in the business and industrial 
world. Mr. Kettering belongs to the Denver Motor Club, and is a 
Scottish Rite Mason, and a Knight Templar and .Shriner. Music is his 
favorite diversion. 




Kirchhof, Francis J. 



XVTHEN Denver was little more than a village, Frank Kirchhof per- 
ceived the possibilities of the place and the territory it served. He 
established the lumber and construction company bearing his name, 
which he headed until the fall of 1919. At this time Francis J. Kirchhof, 
a son, took over the construction part of the business and continued the 
enterprise. Francis J. Kirchhof was born in Denver, October 25, 1893. 
He was educated in the public schools and graduated from Regis College 
in 1912. He immediately entered the employ of the Kirchhof Construc- 
tion Company. He is unmarried. He is a member of the Denver Athletic 
Club and has made a hobby of his work as a building contractor. 




Klink. Frederick 



PREDERICK KLINK, president of the K. & B. Packing Company, 
Denver, and active head of other organizations, is one of the largest 
stockmen in the West. He is vice-president of the Sioux Falls Stock 
Yards, vice-president of the Emporia Elevator and Feeding Company, 
Emporia, Kans., president of the Henning Hotel Company, Casper, Wyo., 
and is heavily interested in stock raising throughout Colorado, Wyoming 
and Nebraska. Mr. Klink was bom in Stuttgart, Germany, November 
30, 1859. He came to the United States when he was 17, residing in 
Cincinnati for 10 years, and then settled in the West in 1887. He was 
married to Augusta Wiening, formerly of Kentucky, April 25, 1895, and 
has three children. Mr. Klink is a member of the Denver Athletic Club 
and Denver Civic and Commercial Association. He belongs to the 
Masonic bodies and the Elks. 




Kohn. Samuel E. 



"BOUNDING the American Furniture Company, in 1889, Samuel E. 
Kohn, president, has built the business into one of the biggest and 
most prosperous of its kind in Denver. Prior to removing to Denver, 
Mr. Kohn had engaged in various branches of the wholesale and retail 
mercantile business in Chicago. He was born July 21, 1871, in Chicago, 
and was educated at the Bryant & Stratton Business College, from which 
he graduated in 1887. Golfing is a hobby with Mr. Kohn. He is a mem- 
ber of the Progress Club, Rocky Mountain Country Club, and is a life 
member of the Denver Motor Club. He also is a member of Denver Lodge 
No. 5, A. F. & A. M., Rocky Mountain Consistory No. 2, El Jebel 
Temple, and I. O. B. B. Lodge No. 171. Mr. Kohn was married to Aimee 
Herman, of Denver, November 27, 1907. 




Kountze, Harold 



/GRADUATING from Yale University in 1907, Harold Kountze. of 
Denver, entered the employ of the Colorado National Bank, and he 
has risen to the position of vice-president and chairman of the board 
of directors of that institution. Mr. Kountze was born in Denver, Sep- 
tember 2, 1885. He attended St. Paul's School at Concord, N. H., prior 
to entering Yale. He was married to Louise J. Bulkley, of Denver, April 
22, 1908. A member of the Denver Club, the Denver Country Club, 
Mile High Club, University Club, Yale Club of New York City, Psi 
Upsilon of Yale, and Wolf's Head. He delights in motor trips and a round 
of golf. 




Lacey, John W. 



TOHN W. LACEY, of Cheyenne, former chief justice of the Supreme 
Court of Wyoming, was born in Randolph County, Ind., October 13, 
1848, and settled in Wyoming in 1884. Judge Lacey was educated at 
De Pauw University. He was appointed chief justice of the Supreme 
Court by President Arthur, July 3, 1884, but resigned November 8, 1886, 
to become a member of the law firm of Corlett, Lacey & Riner. Judge 
Lacey was president of the Wyoming Bar Association from 1921 to 1922. 
He is a member of the American Bar Association. He is president of the 
Memorial Hospital of Laramie County. Judge Lacey was married October 
10, 1878, to Elisabeth Van Devanter. He is a thirty-third degree Mason, 
a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Cheyenne Country 
Club, and University Club, at Omaha. 




Lambie, Charles Sumner 

/GRADUATING from the University of Pittsburgh in 1900, Charles 
Sumner Lambie removed to Denver eleven years later and established 
"The C. S. Lambie Company," engineers and contractors, of which he is 
the president. Some of the largest structural contracts in Denver and 
the West have been carried out by his concern, notably the Fitzsimons 
General Hospital, Aurora, and the United States Bank Building, Denver. 
Mr. Lambie was born in Pittsburgh. February 3, 1880. and was married 
to Margaret McCandless, of that city, June 1, 1904. He is a member 
of the Denver Club, the Denver Athletic Club, the Lakewood Country 
Club, Palestine Lodge No. 1.51, A. F. & A. M., the Commandery, Con- 
sistory, and El Jebel Shrine. Motoring and golf provide his greatest 
diversions. 




Larrahee, Philip F. 

CTARTING in business in 1886, three years after his arrival in Colo- 
rado, Philip F. Larrabee has built up the Denver Towel & Supply 
Company to one of the most thriving enterprises of its kind in the West. 
Mr. Larrabee, who was born in Chicago, February 10, 1853, removed to 
Denver while a young man. He had been interested in mining in Colo- 
rado and other states, and Denver, as the center for that industry, at- 
tracted him. Mr. Larrabee was married to Mary Thompson, of Denver, 
May 20, 1897. They have one son. Mr. Larrabee is a member of the 
Denver Athletic Club, Denver Motor Club, Denver Civic and Commercial 
Association, Colorado Merchants and Manufacturers' Association, and 
Woodmen of the World. 




Lawrence, Thomas Hoel 

nPHOMAS HOEL LAWRENCE, certified public accountant under the 
laws of Colorado. Missouri. Oklahoma, and Texas, member of the 
firm of Haskins & Sells, certified public accountants, a national organiza- 
tion, with local offices in Denver, was born in Denver in 1886. He was 
formerly a newspaper man. having been city editor of the Denver Re- 
publican from 1908 to 1909. Mr. Lawrence was married in 1912 to 
Rebecca Marks, of New Orleans, La., and has three children, one of 
whom is deceased. Mr. Lawrence holds membership in the American 
Institute of Accountants, National Institute of Cost Accountants, Society 
of Industrial Engineers. Denver Athletic Club, Denver Country Club, 
Lakewood Country Club, Wigwam Club, Denver Motor Club, Denver 
Press Club, Kennicott Gun Club, and Cherry Hills Club. Hunting, mo- 
toring, and golf are his pastimes. 




Lee. Archibald A. 



A RCHIBALD A. LEE, of Denver, was born in Albany, N. Y., and re- 
moved to Colorado in 1901. He attended Union College and was 
graduated from the University of Denver law school in 1905. He spent 
one year in the claim department of the Colorado & Southern Railroad. 
Later he established a legal practice and in 1911 was named deputy 
attorney general for Colorado, holding office until 1913. since which time 
he has engaged in the general practice of law in Denver. He was mar- 
ried to Florence Hughes in 1907. He belongs to the Alpha Delta Phi 
and Phi Delta Phi fraternities, Denver Club. Denver Athletic Club, and 
various Masonic bodies. He is an advocate of fishing and out-of-door 
sports. 




Lehman^ Edward 



\ MONG the pioneer residents and business men is Edward Lehman, 
of Denver, head of a wholesale jewelry company bearing his name. 
Mr. Lehman was born in Buffalo, N. Y., September 23, 1857, and removed 
to Denver at the age of 22. Though otherwise interested, his principal 
business activities have been confined to the jewelry trade in the Rocky 
Mountain states. He was married in Denver, October 12. 1885, to Pauline 
A. Fisher, and has a daughter. Mrs. Anna L. Stier. Mr. Lehman is an 
active member in all the Masonic bodies, and the Rotary Club. 




Leonard, William Henry 



WILLIAM HENRY LEONARD, president of the Denver Rock Drill 
Manufacturing Company, has lived in Denver since 1892. In 1906 
he organized the company of which he is now the head. During the 
World War he served as captain of the 115th Engineers of the fortieth 
division. Before founding the Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing Com- 
pany, Mr. Leonard was heavily interested in mining and cattle-raising 
in Colorado. He attended Columbia University before coming West and 
is a member of the Delta Psi fraternity. In addition, he is an active 
member of the Denver Country Club, Denver Club, El Paso Club of Colo- 
rado Springs, Union Club of New York, and the Racquet Club of New 
York. Mr. Leonard is not married. He is a lover of a'l out-of-door 
sports. 




Lewis, Aaron Dennison 

A ARON DENNISON LEWIS is president of the A. T. Lewis & Son 
Dry Goods Company, of Denver, and chairman of the Retail Mer- 
chants' Association and a director of the Civic and Commercial Associa- 
tion. Mr. Lewis has devoted much attention to civic affairs. He was 
born in Roseville, Warren County, 111., November 22. 1865, and removed 
to Colorado in January, 1880. He settled in Denver and then engaged 
in business at Breckenridge. Colo., returning to Denver in 1890. He was 
an organizer and the first president of the Denver Tourist and Publicity 
Bureau. He formerly was a director of the Denver Chamber of Com- 
merce and is active manager of the Lewis Company, which has grown, 
in thirty-two years, to be one of the foremost houses of its kind in the 
West, maintaining offices in virtually every important city in the world. 
Mr. Lewis belongs to the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, Rotary 
Club and Denver Athletic Club. 




Lewis, Hume 



TJLIME LEWIS, of Denver, partner in the investment banking house of 
Boettcher, Porter & Company, was born at Rocheport, Mo., Septem- 
ber 12. 1870. and came to Colorado in 1892 immediately after graduating 
from Harvard with degree of Bachelor of Arts. Took up newspaper 
work in Pueblo, becoming managing editor of The Daily Chieftain and 
subsequently general manager of The Pueblo Star-Journal. Elected 
State Representative from Pueblo in 1896 and state senator in 1900. 
Moved to Denver in 1910. Married Mrs. Lillian Bixby Clark, October 12, 
1913. Civilian aide to the adjutant general of the United States Army 
and chairman of the Military Training Camps' Association during the 
World War. Membership in clubs in Denver and elsewhere. Director of 
various corporations. 




Loivry, Walter B. 



"]\/rUCH of the beauty of its city parks, for which Denver is so justly 
famed, is due to the untiring efforts of W. B. Lowry, manager of 
improvements and parks, who is now completing his second term, his 
first being under Mayor Speer. Mr. Lowry was born in Rockford, 111., 
but has resided in Denver since 1892, and for many years was engaged 
in municipal and railroad contracting, being closely identified with 
many of the larger projects in Denver and Colorado. Mr. Lowry is 
especially interested in good roads, and has been instrumental in the 
development of Colorado's highways, particularly those of her mountain 
parks. In 1889 Mr. Lowry married Miss Nell French. He has one mar- 
ried daughter, residing in Ohio, and a son, now attending Boulder Uni- 
versity. His eldest son was killed in action overseas in 1918. 




Lupton, Charles Thomas 

pHARLES THOMAS LUPTON, consulting geologist, of Denver, for 
10 years a member of the United States Geological Survey, has been 
for years identified with such organizations a» Cosden & Company, 
Mutual Oil Company, and the Frantz corporation. He located the first 
well in the Cat Creek oil field in Montana. Mr. Lupton was born near 
Mount Pleasant, Ohio, February 28. 1878. He is a graduate of Oberlin 
College and the National University Law School. He was married to 
Addie White Bradshaw, November 25, 1914, and has three children. He 
is the author of numerous United States geological survey reports, deal- 
ing with coal and oil. He is a member of the Geological Society of 
America, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, American Min- 
ing Congress, Geological Society of Washington, American Institute of 
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, and American Association for the 
Advancement of Science. 




Lyman, Dr. Charles B. 



T\R. CHARLES B. LYMAN located in Denver in 1887. upon gradu- 
ating from Harvard. He is professor of clinical surgery at the 
University of Colorado, a member of the staff at St. Joseph's Hospital 
and the Children's Hospital, and is chief of the staff of the County Hos- 
pital. In addition, he is medical director for the Mountain States 
Telephone & Telegraph Company and Western Electric Company. Dr. 
Lyman was born in Rockford, 111., Sept. 20, 1863. He was married June 
23. 1906, to Ella M. Miller, of Denver. He is a member of the Phi Rho 
and Sigma Chi fraternities, Denver Club. University Club, Denver Athletic 
Club, Denver Country Club, Cherry Hills Club and the Denver Motor 
Club. 




MacCarthy, Marion S. 

Tj^EW chemists or engineers have had wider practical experience or 
more extensive technical training than Marion S. MacCarthy, consult- 
ing engineer, of Denver. Mr. MacCarthy was born near Ames, Iowa, and 
attended Iowa State College, graduating in 1895. After two years of 
study abroad he located in Colorado, and for two years was chemist and 
superintendent of a smelting plant. During 1903 and 1904 he had charge 
of a smelting plant in Mexico, after which he examined mines in Mexico 
until 1906, when he became president and manager of the mining com- 
pany, Exploradora de Manhattan, and United States consular agent at 
Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. In 1907 he was married to Florence A. Whit- 
aker. He returned to Colorado in 1912, and has since been engaged as 
a consulting engineer. Mr. MacCarthy is a member of the Rotary Club, 
Teknik Club, and the Colorado Scientific Society. He is a Shriner. 




MacFarland, Finlay LeRoy 



Tj^lNLAY Le Ro\ MacFAKLAND, uf the MacFar.aiul auIo Cum- 
pany, Denver, is a former president of the Denver Board of Water 
Commissioners, a director of the U. S. National Bank and the Bankers' 
Trust Company. Mr. MacFarland was born at Richmond, Missouri, 
September 16, 1862. He entered the commercial world when he was 21. 
In 1900 he engaged in farming in Old Mexico and in ten years developed 
a mammoth agricultural preserve; later engaged in the asphalt paving 
business. He is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, 
Denver Athletic Club, Cherry Hills Club, Old Colony Club, Rotary 
Club, and is a thirty-second degree Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner 
and an Elk. He was married to Ellen Phillips at Castle Rock, in 1913. 




MacManus, Mary Warner 



T\R. MARY WARNER MacMANL'S, for many years a student of the 
more baffling chronic diseases, was the first to introduce in the West 
the electronic method of treatment for these diseases. Dr. MacManus is 
now, and for man,y years past has been, a resident of Denver, where 
she maintains her offices and laboratories. Her practice extends over 
the State of Colorado and adjacent territory. Through the Electronic 
method Dr. MacManus specializes in the treatment of cancer, tubercu- 
losis and kindred diseases, and has been favored with results which 
have attracted widespread attention. 




MacWhirter, Hugh Livingstone 

TTUGH LIVINGSTONE MacWHIRTER, vice-pres^ident and manager 
of the Denver Dry Goods Company, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, 
August 25. 1860. In 1871 he came to America and settled at Andes, 
N. Y. In 1898 he removed to Denver. Mr. MacWhirter was educated at 
Andes Academy and the Delaware Literary Institute at Franklin, N. Y., 
where he studied law while teaching school. He is a member of the 
National Republican Club of New York. Denver Club, Denver Athletic 
Club, Lakewood Country Club, and other organizations here and abroad. 
He is a thirty-second degree Mason. Mr. MacWhirter was married to 
Agnes Bleakie at Andes, N. Y., February 15, 1893. He is the father of 
one son, who distinguished himself during the World War. Golf or 
baseball provide Mr. MacWhirter his chief diversion. 




Malone, Richard Harwell 

"piCHARD HARWELL MALONE, of Denver, was born in La Grange, 
Tenn. He removed to Denver in 1873. He attended East Denver 
High School and Beloit College, Beloit, Wis. He was president of the 
Denver Chamber of Commerce in 1902. also the Denver Manufacturers' 
Exchange. He was government representative of the Crop Moving Fund 
in 1911 and 1912. and a director of the Federal Reserve Bank at Kant^as 
City, serving from 1914 to 1921. He is a member of the Denver Athletic 
Club, Denver Country Club, Denver Press Club, Cherry Hills Club, Sons 
of the American Revolution, a Shriner. and member in Colorado of the 
Order of De Molay. 




MandelL R, M. 



/~\NE of Colorado's younger business men who has attained a substan- 
tial measure of success in a comparatively brief period is R. M. 
Mandell of Denver. At present he is the active head of an investment 
banker organization. Previously he engaged in the real estate busi- 
ness. Mr. Mandell was born in Denver, Nov. 30, 1897, and has spent 
most of his time in that city. He is a lover of out-of-door life, being 
particularly fond of golf. 



Manning, Harry James 

'T'HROUGH his work on many of the more important buildings in 
Colorado, Harry James Manning, of Denver, has become widely known 
as an architect. Mr. Manning's first work was the plans for the Audi- 
torium Hotel, of Denver, and outstanding in his recent achievements are 
the South Dakota sanitorium for tuberculosis and the Jewish Con- 
sumptive Relief Society sanatorium. He was recently appointed architect 
for Regis College, which, when completed, will represent a collegiate 
group of twenty-one buildings. Mr. Manning is also one of the Denver 
school architects. During the World War Mr. Manning entered the 
Camouflage Corps of the army and was waiting to sail for France when 
the armistice was signed. He was born in Peoria, III., July 25, 1877, 
and removed to Denver in 1900. He is a member of the Denver Athletic 
€Iub, American Institute of Architects, Optimists' Club, and Denver Art 
Association. His hobbies are art and music. 




Marble, Arthur H. 



A RTHUR H. MARBLE is president of the Stockgrowers National Bank 
of Cheyenne, Wyo., president of the Montana National Bank at 
Billings, Mont., vice-president of the Butte County Bank at Belle Fourche, 
S. D., and a director in numerous other banking institutions. Mr. Marble 
obtained a high school education and completed his training in the 
school of experience. He was married to Hilda Macauley, on December 
15, 1915. He was born in Butler. Mo., August 9, 1870, and settled in 
Wyoming in 1882. He belongs to the Cheyenne Country Club, Civic and 
Commercial Association, Cheyenne Mountain Club, Rotary Club, Chicago 
Athletic Association, Denver Club, all the Masonic bodies, and Knights 
of Pythias. Golf and hunting are his diversions. 




Mark^ Hugh Broivn 



IVrO man has been more active than Hugh Brown Mark in his efforts 
to "put Boulder, Colo., on the map." Mr. Mark, who is part owner 
and manager of the Boulderado Hotel, located in Boulder in 1912. and 
since then has made his hostelry one of the best in Colorado. Mr. Mark 
was born in Randolph County, 111., Sept. 25, 1887. He engaged in the 
hotel business for four years before removing to Colorado. In 1916 he 
was married to Mary Aletta Johnson, of Boulder. Mr. Mark is a mem- 
ber of the Boulder Country Club, Boulder Club, Rotary Club, Elks Lodge 
and is a .Shriner. 




Marr, Henry Avery 



TTENRY AVERY MARR founded the wholesale grocery company 
which bears his name in 1913. It is now among the large whole- 
sale concerns of Denver. Mr. Marr received his business training and 
experience in the wholesale and retail grocery trade in Missouri. Mr. 
Marr located in Denver in 1912. He was born in Cedar County, Mo., May 
23, 1882. and was educated in his native state. In 1907 he was married 
to Gertrude Spencer at Joplin, Mo. Mr. Marr is a Mason, Rotarian and 
a member of the Denver Athletic Club, Denver Country Club and Lake- 
wood Country Club. 




Martin, George W . 



A MONG the builders of Colorado the name of George W. Martin holds 
a prominent place because of his influence on the agricultural devel- 
opment of the state. As general agent of the Rock Island Railroad, he 
interested himself in the encouragement of scientific farming at a time 
when eastern Colorado was little more than a trackless plain, and farm- 
ing there without irrigation was unthought of. He was of material assist- 
ance in obtaining financial aid for farmers during the disastrous droughts 
of 1908 and 1911. He was born in Columbia, Tenn., June 6, 1858. 
During early life he was engaged in cotton-buying at Little Rock, Ark. 
He was married March 13, 1882, to Margaret Caldwell, daughter of Judge 
Henry C. Caldwell, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. He 
removed to Colorado in 1895. He is active in the work of the Denver 
Civic and Commercial Association and is a member of the Denver Club, 
Traffic Club and Lakewood Country Club. 




Martin, John A. 



TOHN A. MARTIN, originator of the Frontier Days celebration idea, 
in company with Warren Richardson, is vice-president of the First 
National Bank of Cheyenne, Wyo., president of the Cheyenne Street 
Railway, president of the Cheyenne Brick Company, secretary of the 
Cheyenne Realty Company, and a trustee of the Memorial Hospital Asso- 
ciation of Laramie County. He has been head of a large hardware busi- 
ness in Cheyenne since 1889. Mr. Martin was born in Baltimore, Md., 
July 23, 1852, and settled in Wyoming in 1872. He was the last terri- 
.torial sheriff of Laramie County and was commissioner of the same 
county from 1892 to 1894. He was presidential elector and bearer of 
the vote to Washington in 1896. He was a city councilman at Cheyenne 
from 1909 to 1911 and finance commissioner from 1916 to 1918. He was 
married to Ellen Murray, August 8. 1882, and has one son and three 
daughters. Mr. Martin belongs to Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce, 
Elks and Woodmen of the World. 




Matson^ Judge Roderick Nathaniel 

JUDGE RODERICK NATHANIEL MATSON, Cheyenne, is identified 
in a legal and executive capacity with The Consolidated Royalty Oil 
and Western Exploration companies, and Equitable Savings and Loan 
Association, and is counsel for Stock Growers National Bank of Cheyenne 
and several other important corporate and individual business interests. 
He was born at Floridaville, town of Ira, N. Y., November 1, 1871, and 
located in Wyoming, February 18, 1901. He was a member of the Wyo- 
ming legislature from 1903 to 1905 and was appointed district judge for 
the First Judicial District, February, 1906, and was re-elected the follow- 
ing year to a six-year term. He is president of the Wyoming Bar Asso- 
ciation and trustee of the Wyoming State Ihiiversity. Judge Matson is 
a graduate of Franklin College and Syracuse University. He was married 
to Alice May Warkley, December 18, 1917. He belongs to the Cheyenne 
Country Club. Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Literary Club, Moun- 
tain Club. Elk and Masonic orders, American Bar Association, and Cir- 
cumnavigators Club. 




Mauro, John F. 



JOHN F. MALIRO, president of the Columbine Laundry, was born in 
Grimaldi, Italy, May 24, 1874, and left his native country when only 
14 years old. Though hampered by lack of education in his youth, by 
persistent effort Mr. Mauro established himself in business, and now 
is one of the successful men of Denver. He is president and owner of 
the Columbine laundry, one of the largest organizations of its kind in 
the state. Mr. Mauro was married in 1898 to Mary Deedon. of Denver. 
He is president of the Denver Laundrymen's Association and is active in 
many other organizations. Mr. Mauro belongs to the Masonic Blue Lodge, 
the Consistory, Knights Templar and El Jebel Shrine. Outdoor sports 
are his chief hobbies. 




McComb, Edgar 



■pDGAR McCOMB was born in Wilmington, Del., January 21, 1881. 
He removed to Denver in 1905, after graduating from the law depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania. From 1909 to 1913 he was 
deputy district attorney in Denver. He is at present a partner in the law 
firm of Bardwell, Hecox, McComb & Strong. He is vice-president of 
The Southern Agency Company, secretary of Craig-Baker, Inc., and secre- 
tary of the Inter-Mountain Educational Films Corporation. He is a mem- 
ber of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. Denver Country Club. Denver Athletic 
Club, life member Denver Motor Club, Law Club. Denver Bar Associa- 
tion, University of Pennsylvania Alumni Association, and is a Shriner. 
His favorite pastime is golf. 




McFarland, W illiam Richard 

W/^ILLIAM RICHARD McFARLAND. president of the McMurlry 
Manufacturing Company, of Denver, is a native of Illinois. He was 
born April 8, 1866. Since coming West he has built up a substantial 
and successful paint and varnish business. Despite his attention to 
business, Mr. McFarland never loses an opportunity to engage in his 
favorite game — golf. Fishing or motoring with his family and friends 
over the scenic highways also are favorite diversions. He was married 
to Clara F. Hanford, of Denver, September 6, 1904. He is a member of 
the Denver Athletic Club, Lakewood Country Club, Cherry Hills Club, 
Denver Rotary Club and Denver Motor Club. He is a Blue Lodge Mason 
and an Elk. 




McFarlane. Ida Kruse 



IVTRS. IDA KRUSE McFARLANE stands foremost among the West's 
educators. Mrs. McFarlane is head of the Department of English at 
Denver University. She is the holder of two degrees conferred by Vassar 
College and one from Denver University, and is a member of Phi Beta 
Kappa, the Intercollegiate High Scholarship Society, and various other 
organizations. After completing her education in this country and 
Europe, Mrs. McFarlane devoted herself to teaching and lecturing. She 
has given a large part of her time to the welfare and advancement of 
children. 




McGoveni, Paul J. 



TDAL'L J. McGOVERN, one of the younger members of the bar 
of Denver, has served as a deputy under two Denver district attorneys. 
Mr. McGovern was born in Denver. March 18. 1887. He was educated 
in the public schools, graduating from East Denver High School in 1906. 
He thereupon entered Denver University and completed the law course 
in 1909. Since then he has practiced at the bar. Mr. McGovern is 
a bachelor. 




McKeoivn, Elmer E. 

T\R- ELMER E. McKEOWN, of Denver, is an eye, ear, nose and throat 
specialist of wide repute. He removed to Colorado in 1881, settling 
in Loveland. He was born in Roscoe, Iowa, October 23, 1879, and has 
made his home in Denver for the last eighteen years. He was graduated 
from Denver Gross College, now a department of the University of Colo- 
rado, in 1905, and was married the following year to Miss Edith Shell, 
of Denver. He is a member of the Omega Upsilon Phi college fraternity, 
Colorado Mountain Club, Lions Club, Masonic Blue Lodge and Knights 
Templar. Included among his diversions are gymnastics, golf and trap- 
shooting. 




McMahon, Francis Maurice 

■jHRANCIS MAURICE McMAHON, of Denver, certified public account- 
ant, and former banker, was born in Chicago, July 23, 1871. He 
removed to Colorado in 1894 and was married to Miss Alice E. Wood, 
December 6, 1905. Mr. McMahon was treasurer of El Paso County from 
1911 to 1912, and secretary of the Colorado Title and Trust Company, 
of Colorado Springs, during 1905 and 1906. He served as chief auditor 
for the Midwest Oil and Refining Company from 1911 to 1917. He has 
handled many of the largest Colorado estates in probate and has been 
associated with Governor Shoup in some of the latter's largest under- 
takings. Mr. McMahon is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Elks, 
Rocky Mountain Club, of New York, El Paso Club, of Colorado Springs, 
and the Cherry Hills Club. He is interested in literature and the arts. 



McMenamin, The Rev. Hugh L. 



'T'HE REV. FATHER HUGH L. McMENAMIN, of Denver, rector of 
Immaculate Conception cathedral, was born in Freeland, Pa., Sep- 
tember 11, 1871, and removed to Colorado in 1894. In 1900 he was 
ordained to the priesthood by the late Cardinal Gibbons and was as- 
signed as assistant pastor in St. Mary's Church, Colorado Springs. In 
1905 he was called to Denver by Bishop Matz. to assist in the building 
of Immaculate Conception cathedral. In 1908, when the foundation of 
this edifice was laid, he was made rector of the parish and given super- 
vision of the construction of the cathedral. Father McMenamin also is 
an able business man. and as such is an active member of the Denver 
Civic and Commercial Association and the Denver Charity Investigation 
committee. He was educated in St. Charles College, St. Regis College, 
and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. He belongs to the Knights of 
Columbus and the Lakewood Country Club. 




McNeil A. M. 



\ M. McNEIL, of Denver, is vice-president of the McNeil Coal Com- 
pany and the Grand Junction Mining and Fuel Company. He is 
a native of Colorado, having been born in Denver May 16, 1880. He was 
graduated from the Colorado Agricultural College at Fort Collins, in 
1902, and was married on September 7, 1910, to Isabella Fraser, of 
Denver. They have one son. During his college career Mr. McNeil was 
prominent in athletics, especially football, being center and fullback on 
the varsity team for four years. Mr. McNeil belongs to the Masonic Blue 
Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and El Jebel Shrine. 




Mc^eil, George W. 

r^ EORGE W. McNEIL, of Denver, is the general manager of the McNeil 
Coal Company, treasurer of the Grand Junction Mining and Fuel 
Company and secretary and a director of the Cameo Mercantile Com- 
pany. During the war he was appointed by President Wilson as a mem- 
ber of the district draft board. Mr. McNeil was born in Canon City, 
Colo., December 25, 1882. He attended the Colorado Agricultural Col- 
lege in 1901 and 1902 and graduated from the Iowa State College in 
1904. He is a member of the Denver Motor Club, Elks, and various 
Masonic bodies, including the Knights Templar. He was ma.ried to 
Margaret Cameron, of Denver, March 27, 1907. 




McPhee, William Peter 



WILLIAM PETER McPHEE, president of the McPhee & McGinnity 
Lumber Company, is one of tlie best known of Denver's native sons. 
Since his graduation from Notre Dame University in 1890, Mr. McPliee 
has been identified with the firm which was founded by his father in 
1872. Mr. McPhee also is president of the Sterling Lumber and Invest- 
ment Company, the New Mexico Lumber Company, and the Rio Grande 
& Southwestern Railroad Company. Mr. McPhee is a member of the 
Library Commission, a vice-president of the Community Chest, and 
a vice-president of the Denver Federated Charities. He belongs to the 
Denver Club, Denver Country Club, Cherry- Hills Club, Denver Press 
Club and Mile High Club. He was born in Denver, December 31, 1872, 
and was married to Jessica Cranmer, of Denver. January 12, 1898. 




McVittie, Albert A. 

T>ERHAPS no restaurant keeper in Colorado is more widely known than 
Albert A. McVittie, president and owner of the McVittie restaurant 
string in Denver. Mr. McVittie is a Canadian. He was born February 4, 
1881, in Hamilton, Ontario, but has spent the greater part of his life 
in the states. His youthful days were spent in New York and various 
New England states. He arrived in Denver for the first time in 1907, 
penniless and hungry. He was employed as a waiter in one of the lower 
downtown restaurants for $1 a day and meals. He visioned Denver's 
growth and expansion, and began laying away funds with which to 
establish business organizations of his own. He is president and a 
director of the National Restaurant Keepers' Association. He is married. 
Golf and motoring are his recreations. 




Means, Rice W . 



"DICE W. MEANS. Denver attorney, veteran of two wars, and former 
county judge, was born in St. Joseph, Mo.. November 16, 1877. He 
removed to Colorado in 1890, and served throughout the Philippine 
campaign as a first and second lieutenant of the First Regiment, Colorado 
Infantry. U. S. V. He was promoted once, mentioned in orders three 
times and recommended for Medal of Honor twice. In the World War 
he commanded the 4tli I'. S. Infantry in the Meuse-Argonne campaign, 
with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and commanded the 157th Infantry, 
"Colorado's Own," upon its return from France. After two years at 
St. Regis College. Mr. Means studied law at the University of Michigan, 
graduating in 1901. He was county judge of Adams County from 1902 
to 1904. On April 23, 1902, he was married to C. Frances Dickinson, of 
Coldwater. Mich. He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club and a past 
National Commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a leader in 
American Legion circles. Hunting is his favorite sport. 




Meier ^ Theodore L, 



'T'HEODORE L. MEIER, of Denver, is one of the West's pioneers in 
the confectionery business. He is president of the O. P. Baur Con- 
fectionery Company, with which he became associated 43 years ago. 
Previous to that time he had followed the candy business in New York 
and Boston, having started with the trade when he was 14, in Louisville, 
Ky. Mr. Meier was born in Germany, December 1, 1852. He lived there 
until he was 5. In 1878 he reached Denver. He was married to Edna 
Ervin, in Ogden, Utah, and has one daughter. Mr. Meier is a member 
of the Denver Athletic Club, Rocky Mountain Country Club, and the 
Lakewood Country Club. He also belongs to various Masonic bodies. 




Melville, Max D. 



ly/TAX D. MELVILLE, of Denver, a graduate of the University of Den- 
ver and Yale Law School, and a practicing lawyer, was born in 
Parsons, Kans., July 5, 1892. He moved with his family to Durango, 
Colo., in 1898, and to Denver in 1903. During his time in college he 
engaged in newspaper work in Denver. When the war broke out he 
enlisted, serving with the 89th Division in France, leaving the army 
with a commission. He belongs to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma 
Delta Chi. Phi Delta Phi fraternities, the Corbey Court Club, Denver 
Press Club, Cherry Hills Club. Denver Athletic Club and Masonic order. 
Mr. Melville was married to Ruth Nicholson, daughter of the late U. S. 
Senator Nicholson, in 1917, and has one daughter. 




Miller, Harry G. 



TTARRY G. MILLER, retired, of Denver, has done much in the devel- 
opment of the printing industry. He invented the Miller saw trim- 
mer, now used the world over in the printing art. Mr. Miller also devel- 
oped the Miller platen press-feeder. His first company was organized 
in Colorado. Subsequently a larger company was formed in Wisconsin 
and Pittsburgh. Mr. Miller was born in Rockford. 111.. December 17, 
1863, and moved to Denver in 1887. He was married in 1899 to Daisy M. 
Wright, and has four children. He belongs to the Milwaukee Athletic 
Club, Denver Athletic Club, Lions Club, Denver Motor Club, and is 
particularly active in Masonry. 




Milliken, Carl S. 



"C'ROM newspaper reporter to Secretary of the State of Colorado is the 
record of Carl Shields Milliken. Mr. Milliken was born in Denver, 
November 26, 1892. Prior to his election by the Republican party in 
1920 and his re-election in 1922, he was a member of the editorial staff 
of the Rocky Mountain News of Denver. He attended the University of 
Denver and Leland Stanford Junior LUiiversity. During the war he served 
as a commissioned officer. Mr. Milliken is a member of the Phi Gamma 
Delta and Phi Alpha Delta fraternities, the Denver Press Club, Denver 
Athletic Club, Denver Motor Club, Gyro Club. American Legion, Vet- 
erans of Foreign Wars, all the Masonic bodies and the Knights of 
Pythias. He is single. His hobbies include baseball, motoring and other 
outdoor sports. 




Mills, William Fitz Randolph 

WILLIAM FITZ RANDOLPH MILLS is widely known for his activ- 
ities in upbuilding Denver. He is manager of the Board of Water 
Commissioners and was mayor in 1918 and 1919. Mr. Mills formerly was 
editor and owner of the Mining Reporter, a weekly publication in Denver. 
He is vice-president of the Western Steam Laundry, former president of 
the Denver Tourist and Publicity Bureau, a director of the Civic and 
Commercial Association, and a governor of the Denver Motor Club. Mr. 
Mills was born in New York City, September 8, 1856, and moved to 
Colorado in April, 1889. He was married on January 25, 1881, to Cor- 
wina Rouse and has two sons and two daughters. He belongs to the 
Denver Club, Denver Athletic Club. Lakewood Country Club, Denver 
Press Club, Rotary Club, Civic and Commercial Association and various 
Masonic bodies. Billiards is his favorite pastime. 




Mitchell, Clark Goodell 

/^LAKK GOODELL MITCHELL, vice-president of the Bankers' Trust 
Company. Denver, was born in Leadville, Colo.. September 26, 
1887. He was graduated from Yale University in 1909 and from the 
University of Columbia in 1911. For two years he was a mining engineer 
with the Britannia Mining and Smelting Company, of British Co'umbia. 
For four years he was superintendent, general manager and a director 
of the Isabella Mines Company, Cripple Creek. He served two years 
in the air service of the United States Army during the war. In June, 
1920. he became vice-president of the Bankers' Trust Company. Mr. 
Mitchell is a member of virtually all the leading clubs of Denver, a 
director of the Denver Community Chest, a regent of the University of 
Colorado, and vice-president for Colorado of the American Bankers' 
Association. He was married to Ida H. Quentin, of Denver, September 
21, 1911. 




Mitchell, John Clarke 

JOHN CLARKE MITCHELL is president of the Denver National Bank, 
•^ a position he has held since January. 1913. He is one of the outstand- 
ing figures in Denver's business, club and social life. Mr. Mitchell at 
18 began as a clerical worker in a bank at Freeport, III, where he was 
born on February 29, 1860. Later he became a bookkeeper and clerk at 
Alamosa, Colo., where he settled in 1880. He became assistant cashier of 
the Bank of Durango, Colo., in 1881, and in 1890 assistant cashier in 
the Carbonate Bank, of Leadville, Colo. The following year Mr. Mitchell 
was appointed cashier of the Denver National Bank. From this position 
he climbed to the presidency of the institution in 1913. He is a former 
president of the Denver Club, and is a member of the Denver Country 
Club, and the Denver Press Club. Mr. Mitchell was married, in 1886, to 
Clara Matteson Goodell, of Leadville. He has one son and one daughter. 




Mitchell, William Clifford 

/^NE of the leaders in the medical fraternity of Denver and a bac- 
teriologist of note, is Dr. William Clifford Mitchell. After studying 
in the University of Berlin and the Pasteur Institute of Paris, with the 
pioneers of bacteriological research. Dr. Mitchell returned to this coun- 
try. He has since held such posts as bacteriologist for the Denver Health 
Department and the Colorado State Board of Health, and professor 
of bacteriology at the University of Colorado. His early work in Colorado 
was chiefly directed towards the standardization and prevention of diph- 
theria, and also the purification of water supplies. He was born Novem- 
ber 1, 1869, in Baltimore, Md. He attended the Baltimore public schools, 
and West Nottingham Academy. He completed his medical course at the 
University of Maryland, in 1889. Dr. Mitchell was married to Alice 
Collet, of France, in 1896. The following year he removed to Colorado. 
He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club. 




Morey, John William 

JOHN WILLIAM MOREY is the president of The Morey Mercantile 
Company, a director and chairman of the board of the International 
Trust Company, and a director of the First National Bank of Denver. 
Mr. Morey was born in Denver, December 22, 1878. He graduated from 
Yale in 1900. and after several years of practical work in various depart- 
ments of the business, he took over the reins of control of The Morey 
Mercantile Company, a business founded by his father. He was married 
to Mable Feldhauser, of Denver, in February, 1905. During the war 
period Mr. Morey was a division manager for the American Red Cross. 
He is a member of the Denver Club, University Club, Denver Athletic 
Club, Denver Press Club, Lakewood Country Club, Yale Club, and the 
New Y'ork University Club. He delights in outdoor sports, including 
golf, tennis and horseback riding. 




Moritz, Sidney 



CIDNEY MORITZ, manager of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of 
Maryland, for Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico, with offices in 
Denver, was born July 21, 1873. in Davenport. Iowa. He removed to Colo- 
rado in 1898, settling in Denver. Mr. Moritz was married January 31, 
1900. to Etta Clausen, and has two sons, one a student at the University 
of Colorado, the other at Cornell Ihiiversity. Included in Mr. Moritz's 
bonding clientele are some of the principal banks in the territory covered 
by his organization, and public officials and office-holders. He is a member 
of the Rotary Club, Mount Vernon Country Club, Denver Civic and 
Commercial Association, Inspiration Lodge No. 143, A. F. & A. M.. and 
the Chapter Lodge of the Masonic order. Out-of-door recreation is Mr. 
Moritz's chief delight. 




Morse, R. J, 



"DEUBEN J. MORSE, of Denver, secretary and general manager of the 
Colorado Portland Cement Company, was born in Central City, Colo., 
January 31, 1876. On completing his education he turned to newspaper 
work at Central City, but later went to Florence, Colo., and became 
identified with the First National Bank. He resigned to join the Colorado 
Portland Cement Company as secretary, and in 1912 became general 
manager. Mr. Morse is vice-president and secretary of the Cement Securi- 
ties Company and is identified in an executive capacity with the Three 
Forks Portland Cement Company of Montana, Nebraska Cement Com- 
pany, Oklahoma Portland Cement Company, Union Portland Cement 
Company of Utah, and United States Portland Cement Company of 
Colorado. He was married May 27, 1903, to Lillian Higgins, of Canon 
City, Colo., and has three children. He belongs to the Denver Athletic 
Club, Denver Motor Club, Sons of Colorado, Lincoln Club, Civic and 
Commercial Association, Mystic Shrine, and other Masonic bodies. 




Mueller, Reinhard 

"DEINHARD MUELLER came to America in 1880 from Germany, 
where he was born in 1863. After a varied experience in many large 
bakeries, in 1902 he established the Royal Bakery in Salt Lake City, 
Utah. Seven years later he located in Denver and established the Vienna 
Model Bakery, one of the leading industries of its kind in the West. 
Mr. Mueller was married to Rosa Kuncel, and is the father of three 
children. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World and is a Mason. 
Hunting is one of his cliicf delights. He also delights in motoring. 




Mullen, John Kernan 

"DORN in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland, June 11, 1847, John 
Kernan Mullen, with his parents, settled in Oriskany Falls, N. Y., 
in 1856. Mr. Mullen went to work in a flour mill at the age of 14. He 
removed to Denver in 1871 and in 1875 took charge of the Shackelton & 
Davis flour mill. He began business for himself shortly afterwards, 
operating the Star Flour Mills and later the Zigler and the Ironclad 
mills. In 1878 he bought the Excelsior Flour Mills. Mr. Mullen buih 
the first grain elevator in the state, and in 1885 organized the Colorado 
Milling and Elevator Company, of which he has since been president 
and general manager. This company now owns about 30 flour mills and 
200 elevators in Colorado, Kansas, Utah and Idaho, and controls the 
Sunset Milling and Grain Company, Los Angeles. 




Mulnix, Harry E. 



'T'HREE times State Treasurer of Colorado, and twice Auditor of the 
State. He was born in Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish parents; coming 
to Colorado in 1878. He was twice married. After being in the mercan- 
tile business in Trinidad, he entered into the railroad contracting busi- 
ness, which he followed until 1893. Elected State Treasurer in 1894, after 
which he entered into the public accounting business, being one of the 
original certified public accountants of Colorado. This he followed for 
twenty years, then was elected Auditor of State. Always a stalwart 
Republican and one of the leaders of his party, he perhaps has a more 
extensive acquaintance throughout Colorado than any other man. His 
democratic manner and courtesy have always been prominent character- 
istics. Mr. Mulnix is public-spirited in the true sense of giving his time, 
efforts and ability for the welfare of Denver and Colorado. 




Nash, Harry F. 



XTARRY F. NASH, of Denver, is vice-president and general manager 
of sales and purchasing agent of the Oakdale and Alamo coal com- 
panies. Also he is a director of the Primrose Coal Company, general 
manager of the South Canon Coal Company, vice-president and director 
of the Colorado and New Mexico Coal Operators' Association, and 
chairman of their traffic committee and vice-president of the Employers' 
Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. Nash was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, 
September 21, 1873. From 1892 to 1899 he engaged in the hardware 
business in Pueblo. He entered the coal mining business in 1900. On 
April 9, 1902, he was married to Ruby N. Nickerson. of Mexico City. 
Mr. Nash is a member of the Denver Athletic Club and Denver Motor 
Club, also a past director of the Elks Lodge of Pueblo. Motoring and 
baseball are his hobbies. 




Neivton, James Quigg 



\ NATIVE SON of Colorado, James Quigg Newton is one of the lead- 
ing investment bankers of the state. He was born in Pueblo, Decem- 
ber 31, 1885. He graduated from Cornell in 1907, and was married to 
Nelle Singleton in 1908. In 1909 Mr. Newton opened an investment busi- 
ness in Denver. During the war he was assistant executive secretary of 
capital issues of the Federal Reserve Board. Later he became associated 
with the Equitable Trust Company of New York City, as manager of the 
new business department. For two years he was a member of the firm 
of Boettcher, Porter & Company, of Denver. In 1922 he organized the 
firm of Newton & Company, Inc., Investment Bankers. He is a member 
of Alpha Delta Phi, Denver Club, University Club, Denver Country Club, 
Denver Athletic Club, Cherrv Hills Club and the Elks. 




Nicholson, Samuel D. (Deceased) 



nPHE late Samuel D. Nicholson, United States Senator, was born on 
Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1860. He came to Colorado in 
1881 and worked as a miner in Leadville; later becoming one of the 
most prominent metalliferous mine owners in the district. He married 
Annie Nerey of Clifton Springs, N. Y., November 28. 1887. He served 
as mayor of Leadville for two terms, from 1893 to 1897; was candidate 
for governor in 1914 and in 1916, and was elected to the Senate of the 
United States from Colorado, in 1920, for a six-year term. He died in 
Denver, March 24, 1923. Senator Nicholson was a member of the 
Senate Committees on naval affairs, mines and mining, civil service, and 
manufactures, and was chairman of a committee on monetary affairs, 
now known as the Nicholson Committee. He belonged to the American 
Mining Congress and the Denver Press Club. 




Nock. Thomas 



Tj^OR tliirty-two years Thomas Nock, of Denver, has been head of the 
firm of Nock & Garside, elevator builders. During that time the 
business has grown into one of the foremost enterprises of the kind in 
the West. West Bromwich, England, was Mr. Nock's birthplace. He 
was born February 20, 1862, coming to America in 1868 and settling in 
Denver, July 4, 1885. Until he founded the business of which he is now 
the head, Mr. Nock was a machinist. In 1886 he was married to Emma 
L. Benson, of Denver. Mr. Nock is a Knight Templar, a Shriner and 
a member of the Denver Rotary Club. His home and his automobile 
furnish him his greatest diversion. 




Oakes^ William F. 



W/'ILLIAM F. OAKES, of Denver, president of the Sunnyside Coal 
Mining Company, was born in Jacksonville, 111., February 2, 1868. 
He was married to Fannie MacKinnis, June 5, 1900. He was a member 
of the class of 1887-1888, Washburn College. He is a member of Gamma 
Sigma. Colorado Commandery, El Jebel Shrine and various other Masonic 
bodies. Motoring is his hobby. 




O^ Fallon, Martin Joseph 



TY7HEN he was twenty-five years old Martin Joseph OTallon located 
in Denver. Ten years later he founded the O'Fallon Supply Company, 
one of the foremost concerns of the kind in the western territory. Mr. 
OTallon was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, October 23, 1864. 
He emigrated westward in 1880, locating in St. Louis, where he obtained 
his first job. On July 1, 1897, Mary Ann O'Beirne became his wife. He 
is a member of the Elks, Knights of Columbus, Denver Athletic Club, 
Lakewood Country Club, Denver Country Club, Cherry Hills Club, 
Denver Club, Denver Motor Club, Grand Lake Yacht Club, and Denver 
Civic and Commercial Association. He derives his greatest pleasure 
from his home and his business, his only hobbies. 




O'Neill. William 



TY7ILLIAM O'NEILL was the first to establish a factory for condensing 
and canning milk in Colorado. He was born November 18, 1873, in 
Rochester, N. Y., where he attended university, and removed to Denver 
in 1904. Applying the latest principles of business and industry, he built 
up the Colorado Condensed Milk Company, of which he is now sales 
manager, to one of the leading industries of its kind in the West. He 
was married to Blanche E. Morford, in 1911. He is a past president of 
the National Travelers Protective Association, a member of the Denver 
Athletic Club, Denver Civic and Commercial Association, and Elks 
lodge. 




Osner^ Joseph A. 



TOSEPH A. OSNER, of Denver, has long been a leader in every enter- 
prise that has served to build up and develop Colorado. His chief 
activities are railroad contracting and construction, farming, ranching 
and cattle-growing. He also has taken keen interest in the breeding of 
thoroughbred horses and cattle. Mr. Osner was born in Clyde, Ohio, in 
1857, and was educated in Toledo. He moved to Colorado and Denver 
in 1878. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus, Elks, and the Gentle- 
men's Driving and Riding Club. He was married to Miss Minnie Wernet 
and has an adopted daughter. 




Oiven, James 



TAMES OWEN, district judge, Fourth Judicial District, Colorado, from 
•^ 1907 until 1913, was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, June 7, 1872. His 
family removed to Pueblo, Colo., when he was three months old. Grad- 
uated from Kansas University with degree of A.B. in 1893, LL.B. in 
1895. Commenced practice in Pueblo, Colo., upon completion of his law 
course. His first position of public trust was that of district attorney 
at Cripple Creek. He served as state senator in the sessions of 1903 
and 1905. Judge Owen was married to Winifred Churchill, of Lawrence, 
Kans., on November 5, 1896. Since 1913 Judge Owen has been practicing 
his profession in Denver. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi 
fraternity, Denver Club, Denver Country Club and Cherry Hills Club. 
Classic literature is his hobby. 




Oiven, William R, 



\ BANDONING the profession of mining engineering, in which he 
engaged for two years after his graduation from Columbia University, 
in 1908, William R. Owen entered the mercantile business and is at 
present treasurer of the Denver Dry Goods Company. He was born 
March 18, 1885, in Denver. In 1913 he was married to Persis McMurtrie, 
daughter of Samuel McMurtrie, of Denver. Mr. Owen is a member of 
the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, University Club, Denver Motor 
Club and Wigwam Club. Fishing is his favorite outdoor sport. 




Patterson, Thomas MacDoiiald (Deceased) 

'T'HE late Thomas MacDonald Patterson, congressman, senator, lawyer 
and newspaper editor, who died July 23, 1916, had a notable career. 
He was born November 4, 1839, in County Carlow, Ireland, and came to 
this country at the age of 10 years. He was a member of the United 
States senate from Colorado for six years. After the Civil War he 
studied law at De Pauw University, completing his legal training in 
a law office. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, and in 1872 removed 
to Colorado. He was city attorney for Denver in 1873, was territorial 
delegate to Congress in 1874, and representative in 1876, being instru- 
mental in gaining Colorado's admission to the Union. For years he 
owned the Rocky Mountain Netvs and Denver Times. He was married 
to Catherine A. C. Grafton, of Indiana, in 1863. Senator Patterson was 
a Mason. 




Peterson, Walter A, 

WALTER A. PETERSON, of Denver, is president of the Pioneer 
State Bank and treasurer of the J. F. Brown Investment Company, 
Mr. Peterson organized the bank in 1912. Under the management of Mr. 
Peterson, the institution now has 7.000 customers, carrying deposits of 
$1,500,000. Mr. Peterson was connected with a private investment firm 
for ten years and before that time was engaged in the banking and 
manufacturing business in Rockford, 111. Mr. Peterson was born in 
Paxton, III., September 3, 1872. He removed to Colorado in 1902 and 
was married to Hulda R. Lundvall, in 1914. He has one son and one 
daughter. He belongs to the Denver Motor Club, Real Estate Exchange 
and Denver Country Club. He has been the Swedish vice-consul for the 
State of Colorado since 1909. 




Phipps, Lawrence Coivle 

T AWRENCE COWLE PHIPPS, United States senator from Colorado, 
was born in Washington County, Pa., August 30, 1862. He was 
graduated from high school at the age of 16. He holds the honorary 
degree of master of arts, conferred by the University of Denver. He 
has six children. Senator Phipps began his career with the Cjirnegie 
Steel Company, in 1879. He settled in Denver in 1901. He founded 
and endowed the Agnes Memorial Sanitorium. He was elected United 
States senator, to serve from 1919 until 1925. Senator Phipps belongs to 
the University Club, Denver Club, Cactus Club, Mile High Club, Denver 
Press Club, Denver Athletic Club, Denver Country Club, Rocky Moun- 
tain Club of New York, also the Racquet Club and Chevy Chase Club, 
of Washington, D. C. 




Phipps, Lawrence C, Jr. 



T AWRENCE C. PHIPPS, Jr., is vice-president and treasurer of the 
Nevada-California Electric corporation and its subsidiary com- 
panies, the Nevada-California Power Company and the Southern Sierras 
Power Company, having been connected with that business practically 
from its inception. Mr. Phipps was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 30, 
1886, moving to Denver in 1900. He graduated from Yale in 1907. He 
is a member of the Chi Phi fraternity, Denver Country Club, University 
Club and Denver Club. After training at the army balloon school and 
qualifying as a balloon pilot, he was commissioned second lieutenant. Air 
Service. Mr. Phipps married Gladys Hart, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 
1912. He is interested in horses and fishing. 




Pinhorn, Richard (Deceased) 



"DICHARD PINHORN, deceased, was the founder of the internation- 
ally-known Manhattan restaurant, in Denver. He operated that 
establishment for more than thirty years, and shortly before his death. 
May 30, 1922, he willed it to his employees. It now is being operated 
by Joseph J. Walsh, executor of the estate, preliminary to being turned 
over to the employees in accordance with the will. Mr. Pinhorn was 
born in Maidstone, Kent County, England, October 12, 1861, and came 
to Denver in 1890. He also engaged in the warehouse business. His 
wife, Mrs. Blanche Pinhorn, died July 21, 1920. 




Porter, John H. (Deceased) 



TOHN HENRY PORTER, deceased, was a member of the firm of 
Boettcher, Porter & Company, of Denver, investment bankers. He 
was born in Cimarron, N. M., August 17, 1876, and removed to Denver 
with his parents in 1892. The firm of which he was a member is one of 
the largest in the West. Mr. Porter was a member of the Yale and 
St. Anthony clubs of New York, University Club of Denver, Denver 
Club, Denver Country Club, Cherry Hills Club, Swayback Fishing Club, 
and Rocky Mountain Fly Casting Club. He was married to Louise Mag- 
dalene Coors Kugeler, at Golden, Colo., May 13, 1916. He died December 
16, 1922. 




Pothuisje, Peter Jurjens 

"TiR. PETER JURJENS POTHUISJE, Denver physician, was special 
cardiovascular examiner at Camp Funston and Fort Riley, Kans., 
during the war. He is a member of the American Medical Association, 
and the American Congress of Internal Medicine. He is also a member 
of the staff at St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, and St. Anth- 
ony's Hospital. Dr. Pothuisje was born in St. Jacobi Parochie, Holland, 
February 27, 1866. In 1893 he completed the medical course at Ohio 
State University. He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, Denver 
Motor Club, and Knights of Pythias. Dr. Pothuisje was married to 
Lois Renette Taber, October 17, 1899. He has two daughters. 




Potter, Delos Deniont 



"T^ELOS DEMONT POTTER, a resident of Colorado since 1894, is 
president of the Federal Shale Oil Company and interested generally 
in the oil business. He is president of the Producers Dairy Company, 
vice-president of the Johnston Shoe Company and a director of the 
Zott Laundry Company and the Corbett Ice Cream Company. Mr. Potter 
was born in Linn County, Iowa, January 25, 1873. He attended the 
University of Colorado and later graduated from the law department of 
Northwestern University. He was married in 1906, to Gertrude Ingels. 
He belongs to the Elks, Denver Motor Club, Denver Athletic Club, and 
Denver Club. Mr. Potter sees and believes in a Greater Denver. 




Quaintance, Arthur Dunning 



A RTHUR DUNNING QUAINTANCE, senior member of the law firm 
of Quaintance & Quaintance, Denver, was born in Golden, Colo., 
October 17, 1884. and is the son of Brough P. and Annie Belmore Quaint- 
ance, pioneer Colorado residents. Mr. Quaintance worked his way 
through the University of Michigan and received the degree of Bachelor 
of Laws in June, 1906. He is a member of the Colorado and Denver Bar 
associations, is prominently affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, and 
is a member of the Odd Fellows, Elks, and Woodmen. On Easter of 
1919 Mr. Quaintance married Miss Mary Ross, of Mt. Morrison, Colo. 
They have one daughter, Mary Anna. During the war Mr. Quaintance 
was active in all the drives and served as one of the judges on the exemp- 
tion board of the War Risk Bureau, at Washington, D. C. He has for 
many years been an elder in the First Presbyterian Church at Golden, 
and has served as vice-president of the Denver Bar Association. 




Radetsky, Morris Samuel 

IV/rORRIS SAMUEL RADETSKY is owner of the Colorado Iron and 
Metal Company, president of the Aluminum Products Company and 
the Clark Foundry Company, chairman of the board of directors of the 
Union State Bank and president of the General Machine Company, all 
of Denver. He also is president of the Denver, Laramie & Northwestern 
Railway Company. Mr. Radetsky was born in the southern part of 
Russia, May 10, 1876. In 1892 he arrived in Denver. He is a member of 
the Lions Club, Rocky Mountain Country Club. Denver Motor Club, 
Denver Civic and Commercial Association, Knights of Pythias, and is 
a thirty-second degree Mason. He was married to Sara Marjory Scha- 
chet, August 30, 1908, in Denver. 




Randall, Henry D. 

TTENRY D. RANDALL, district manager of the General Electric Com- 
pany, Denver, was graduated from Amherst College in 1902. He is 
a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American 
Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, National Electric Light 
Association, Rocky Mountain Committee on Public Utility Information, 
Colorado Society of Engineers, Utah Society of Engineers, American 
Electro-Chemical Society, and various social organizations, including the 
Denver Club, and Lakewood Country Club. Mr. Randall located in 
Denver in 1920. He married Frances Hart, July 10, 1907. They have two 
sons, Henry D. Randall, Jr., and Hart Randall. 




Raymond^ Frank H. 



'T'HE name of Frank H. Raymond, leader in the packing and provision 
business in Denver ranks well toward the top of the list of men who 
have contributed in a large way to the business, civic and industrial 
upbuilding of Colorado. Mr. Raymond was born in Missouri, in 1879, 
and removed to Denver twelve years ago. With his wife, who before her 
marriage was Miss Evelyn Eppich, Mr. Raymond delights in entertaining 
friends and business associates in his beautiful home in Turkey Creek 
Catiyon, in the mountains above Denver. Mr. Raymond is an ardent 
lover of outdoor life. 




Read, Benjamin Stalker 



"OENJAMIN STALKER READ, a native of Tennessee, has been presi- 
dent of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company for 
four years. He has been engaged in the telephone industry for more 
than 31 years, and has held all the minor and major executive positions 
in that business. He was born in Carthage, Tenn., January 21, 1876. 
Mr. Read removed to Denver in 1919. from St. Louis, where he was 
vice-president of the Southwestern Bell Telephone System, succeeding 
E. B. Field as president of the Mountain States Company. He was mar- 
ried to Sally B. Stevens, of Tennessee, April 20, 1899. Mr. Read is 
a Shriner and Knight Templar and belongs to the Denver Club. Denver 
Country Club. Denver Athletic Club, and the Lakewood Country Club. 




Reed, Albert A. 



A LBERT A. REED, vice-president of the United Slates National Bank, 
of Denver, was born in Sharon. Conn., February 6, 1868. He was 
married, August 7, 1889, to Lydia H. Howell, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
After scholastic and professional training at the University of New York 
and Columbia University, Mr. Reed commenced the practice of law. In 
1891 he removed to Boulder, Colo. He was one of the founders of the 
Mercantile Bank and Trust Company, at Boulder, and for several years 
was its president. He was city attorney of Boulder from 1907 to 1909. 
Mr. Reed is chairman of the Colorado committee of the War Finance 
Corporation, and is associated with other important financial enterprises. 
He is a director and member of the excutive committee of the Colorado 
Fuel and Iron Company. Mr. Reed holds degrees from Columbia Uni- 
versity and the University of Colorado; he was professor of law at the 
University of Colorado from 1895 to 1917, and since 1917 professor 
emeritus. He is a member of the American, Colorado and Denver Bar 
associations, and of the Denver and University clubs. 




Reed, Verner Zevola (Deceased) 



nPHE late Verner Zevola Reed was an outstanding figure in Colorado. 
He was born in Richland County, Ohio, October 13, 1863, and moved 
to Colorado Springs in 1885. He died April 20, 1919, at Coronado Beach, 
Calif., and was buried in Denver. He was married, on July 18, 1893, to 
Mary Dean Johnson, at Bucyrus, Ohio. Mr. Reed achieved fame and 
amassed one of the greatest fortunes in the West through his 
activities as a mining man, banker and oil operator, manufacturer, 
rancher and developer of reclamation and irrigation enterprises in Colo- 
rado and Wyoming. He also found time to lecture and contribute to 
various magazines, and made extensive studies of the myth and folk 
lore of the Ute and Pueblo Indians. During his leisure time he traveled 
abroad with his family, now residing in Denver. He had many club 
affiliations, including a life associate membership in the Denver Press 
Club. 




Reilly, Williani I. 



TJ?7ILLIAM I. REILLY, a member of the Industrial Commission of 
Colorado, was born in Omaha, Neb.. July 11. 1883. He removed to 
Colorado in 1888, and was married to Daisy Long of Colorado Springs, 
in May, 1913. He was superintendent of the mechanical department 
of the Colorado Springs Gazette and the Evening Telegraph for seven 
years. He was a leader of the conservative union labor movement in 
Colorado Springs for several years, as a member and officer in the Typo- 
graphical Union. He now is president of the Intermountain Typograph- 
ical Conference. He was chairman of the Labor Bureau of the Republican 
party of (Colorado and a special representative of the Labor Bureau of 
the National Committee. He was active as a member of various war-work 
committees. Mr. Reilly is a member of the Eagles. Knights of Columbus 
and Elks. 




Reuler, George C. 



f^ EORGE C. REULER is president and principal owner of the Reuler 
Company, which operates a chain of stores in Colorado and Nebraska. 
He has lived in Denver since 1908. He was born in Chicago, III., Decem- 
ber 10, 1874. Mr. Reuler for years has been engaged in the sale of 
women's wear. He is a stockholder of the Greeley National Bank, Gree- 
ley, Colo. He was married to Sarah Henoch on October 1, 1899, and has 
one daughter, Harriet. Mr. Reuler belongs to the Progress Club, Rocky 
Mountain Golf Club, Denver Motor Club, Far Western Travelers of 
New York City, and is a Mason and Elk. 




Reynolds^ Charles H. 



pHARLES H. REYNOLDS is president of the Western Steam Laundry 
Company and vice-president of the Denver Board of Water Com- 
missioners. He was born in Oswego, 111., August 28, 1848, and was 
educated in the public schools of Chicago. In 1873 he removed to Den- 
ver, where he has since resided. In 1872 he was married to Alice Goss, 
of Fond du Lac, Wis., who died in 1915. In 1917 he married Anabel 
Holland. Mr. Reynolds was employed in the internal revenue service 
after removing to Denver. He has occupied many positions of a public 
and semi-public character. He was secretary of the Chamber of Com- 
merce, president of the Denver Convention League, president of the 
Mountain and Plains Festival, member of the Denver Union Station Com- 
mission and the Denver Park Board. He is a life member of the Denver 
Athletic Club, a Knight Templar and thirty-second degree Mason. 




Richardson, Clarence B. 

/^LARENCE B. RICHARDSON, Casper, Wyo., president of the West- 
ern Exploration Company and vice-president of the Consolidated 
Royalty Oil Company, is a pioneer of the Wyoming oil fields. In 1895 
he went to England and secured the first foreign capital for the develop- 
ment of the Salt Creek and Wyoming oil fields, and has devoted a great 
deal of his time to the oil industry of the state ever since. From 1907 
to 1915, Mr. Richardson was manager of the Chihuahua Lumber and 
Manufacturing Company, Chihuahua, Mexico. Mr. Richardson was 
born in Phtsburgh, Pa., September 7, 1867. His family went to Wyoming 
in 1869. He was married, September 26, 1901, to Anna May Stanley. 
He belongs to the Chihuahua Foreign Club, Cheyenne Country Club, 
Casper Country Club, Kiwanis Club. American Petroleum Institute, 
Masonic bodies, Elks, Knights of Pythias, and Sons of the American 
Revolution. 




Richardson, Mary Anna 



lyrARY ANNA RICHARDSON, widow of the late Warren Richardson, 
settled in Cheyenne, Wyo., in 1869. when it was a mere cow camp. 
Mrs. Richardson was born in Germany, August 31, 1840. She was 
educated both in Germany and America. She was married May 1, 
1860, and has seven children, six of whom are living. She is a lover 
of flowers, and was the first to plant a flower garden in Cheyenne, al- 
though she was required to transport water for a long distance in 
barrels. The present home in Cheyenne is one of the beauty spots of 
the city. Her husband, one-time editor of the Cheyenne Leader, died in 
1908. For the past 35 years Mrs. Richardson has celebrated her birthday 
anniversaries by entertaining her many pioneer friends and acquaintances. 




Richardson, Warren, Jr. 

WARREN RICHARDSON, Jr., president of the Richardson Brothers 
Company, Cheyenne, Wyo., was born in Indianapolis, Ind.. October 
30, 1864. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and 
a member of the board of trustees of the Frances Warren Pershing 
Memorial Hospital. He was first chairman for the Frontier Days cele- 
bration at Cheyenne. From 1915 to 1921, he was chairman of the board 
of county commissioners of Laramie County. Mr. Richardson is a mem- 
ber of the Masons, Elks, Commercial Association, Rotary Club. Cheyenne 
Country Club, and Cheyenne Mountain Club. Hunting and fishing and 
the collection of rare books are his delights. Mr. Richardson is not 
married. 




Ringold, James 



TAMES RINGOLD, president of the United States National Bank, 
a resident of Denver since 1905, was bom in Nodaway County, Mo., 
December 28, 1879. He was educated in Dixon College, Dixon, III. He 
was married on June 11, 1906, to Lavinia C. Craft. They have two daugh- 
ters. Mr. Ringold started to learn the banking business at the age of 
11. In 1905 he became identified with the United States National Bank 
as manager of the credit department. He successively became assistant 
cashier, cashier, vice-president and then president. He is president of 
the Clearing House Section of the American Bankers" Association, 
a member of the executive council of the American Bankers' Associa- 
tion and a director of the Bankers' Trust Company, also a member of 
the Denver Club, Denver Country Club and Lakewood Country Club. 



Ritter. Hals ted L. 



TJALSTED L. RITTER removed to Denver in 1895. and has gradually 
become a leader in legal and civic affairs. He was born in Indianap- 
olis, Ind., July 14, 1868. He was graduated from De Pauw University in 
1893, being a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. 
In 1897 he married Grace L. May, of Indianapolis, and served that year 
as deputy prosecuting attorney for Arapahoe County. From 1900 to 1903 
he was assistant city attorney. In 1907 he was a member of the State 
Railroad Commission. In 1909 he was president of the Denver Bar Asso- 
ciation. In 1919 he was a member of the State Child Welfare Bureau. 
He has for many years been identified with all social betterment move- 
ments, and was the active organizer of the Denver Community Chest, in 
1922, and is its first vice-president. He is a member of the Colorado and 
American Bar associations, various Masonic bodies, the University Club, 
Cherry Hills Club, and Rocky Mountain Country Club. 




Robertson, James 



XTEADING the list of Colorado men who have made good through 
sheer determination, despite numerous odds, is James Robertson, 
head of a Denver bakery company bearing his name. He has one of 
the largest establishments of its kind in Colorado. Associated with him 
in his bakery business are three sons. Mr. Robertson, a native of Scot- 
land, was born October 25, 1865. He located in Denver in 1891. He was 
married to Miss Jessie Hay before removing to Colorado. He belongs 
to various Masonic bodies, Elks lodge. Woodmen of the World, and 
Foresters. 




Robinson, William P. 

'T'HE great task of boring the Moffat Tunnel through James Peak has 
fallen to the lot of William P. Robinson, who was appointed president 
of the Moffat Tunnel Commission, May, 1922. Mr. Robinson was born 
in the town of Argyle, Washington County, N. Y.. January 18, 1862. 
After completing a common school and academic course, he commenced 
business in Troy, N. Y. He settled in Denver in 1886. For 30 years 
Mr. Robinson was connected with the Denver Union Water Company 
as president and general manager. He is a member of the Denver Club, 
Denver Country Club, Denver Press Club, Denver Motor Club, and the 
Denver Civic and Commercial Association. He was married to Ellen 
Terry, of Eureka, Colo., November 14, 1917. 
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Roche, John J. 



JOHN J. ROCHE, a resident of Denver since 1907, is president and 
general manager of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. He was born 
on a Wisconsin farm and was graduated from the State Teachers College 
of that slate. He became a school professor, but finally read law and 
was elected prosecuting attorney in his home county. LaFayette, from 
which position he resigned to establish the First National Bank of Neligh, 
Neb. He was a member of both branches of the Nebraska legis'ature. 
In 1893 he became president of the London and Sioux City Finance 
Company, and in 1898 he helped organize the Omaha Cattle Loan Com- 
pany. Mr. Roche is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Civic and 
Commercial Association, various Masonic bodies, and is an associate 
member of the Denver Press Club. 




Russell, J. 



Tj^ROM student operator to vice-president and general manager of the 
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway system, is the record of J. 
Russell. Mr. Russell was born in Ontario. February 27, 1863; served 
on the Great Northern Railway from 1887 to 1903, as dispatcher, chief 
dispatcher and superintendent, and in 1914. as general superintendent; 
on the Missouri Pacific and Burlington railways as superintendent, 1503 
to 1908; on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway as general super- 
intendent, 1909 to 1914; on the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, 1914 to 
1916; on the Minneapolis & St. Louis, St. Louis Southwestern and 
Denver & Rio Grande railways as vice-president, general manager. Fed- 
eral general manager and chief operating officer. 1916 to date. He was 
married, in 1888, to Louisa A. .Secord, and has one daughter. Mr. Russell 
is a Mason. 




RusselL Robert 



nPHE business interests of Robert Russell, of Denver, range from 
ranching and cattle-growing to contracting, banking and railroading. 
He was born in Scotland, on January 3, 1862. He is the owner of the 
Middlefield stock farm at Littleton, Colo., and the University stock 
ranch at Sullivan. Colo. He is interested in the management of a rail- 
road in Montana, and is one of the directors of a bank at Great Falls. 
Mont. Mr. Russell was married to Olive L. Chatlain, of Mansfield, Ohio, 
before coming West. He is a member of the Masonic order. Elks, Gen- 
tlemen's Driving and Riding Club, Rocky Mountain Club of New York, 
Lakewood Country Club, and the Denver Motor Club. 




Sachs, Henry 



TTENRY SACHS, a resident of Colorado for 19 years, is in the broker- 
age business in Colorado Springs. He was born in New York City, 
October 6, 1862, and obtained his education in the grade schools, having 
no desire to attend institutions of higher learning. Mr. Sachs is partic- 
ularly active in all civic and charitable organizations. He has taken 
little interest in club activities, but is a devout campaigner on behalf 
of the persecuted races and dumb animals. He was married to Ray Stern, 
formerly of Boston, on November 6, 1888. He has been identified with 
a number of mechanical patents and chemical and electrical processes 
during 35 years of his business life. 




Sackett, Samuel J. 



IMMEDIATELY after his graduation from the University of Michigan, 
in 1903. Samuel J. Sackett went to Durango. Colo., where he began 
the practice of law. In 1904 he removed to Denver, since which time 
he has continued in the practice. He is now public administrator of the 
City and County of Denver. Mr. Sackett was born at Parsons, Kans., 
January 23, 1882. He attended the Kansas State Normal School, prior 
to entering the University of Michigan. He was married to Hazel Reid, 
April 2, 1907. He is a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Denver 
Motor Club, Y. M. C. A., Sons of the Revolution, and is prominent in 
various fraternal orders, including the Masonic bodies. 




Sargeant, Raymond 

"DAYMOND SARGEANT, investment banker and resident partner of 
Otis & Company, settled in Colorado Springs in 1899. Five years 
later he removed to Denver, where he has since resided. Since coming 
to Colorado 24 years ago he has been associated with William A. Otis 
in the brokerage business. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 27, 
1876. He was married to Beatrice Ellwood, daughter of Mrs. A. S. 
Miller, of Denver, in 1907. Before locating in Colorado, Mr. Sargeant 
was associated with the Commercial National Bank of Cleveland, Ohio. 
He is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, Denver 
Athletic Club, Cherry Hills Club and the Wigwam Fishing Club. Fish- 
ing and golfing claim his attention during his recreational hours. 




Sarkisian, Toros, M.D, 

"TJR. TOROS SARKISIAN, of Denver, is a native of Sivas, Armenia. 
He was born April 25, 1869. He came West to recover his health 
in 1903 and located in Denver. He was married in Chicago, to Lillian 
Moose. They have one daughter and one son. Dr. Sarkisian studied 
three years in the hospitals in Berlin, Vienna. Paris, and London. He 
taught physical diagnosis one year in Denver. He served on the American 
Board of Foreign Missions in Sivas, Armenia, in 1884. Dr. Sarkisian is 
a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago. He is a lover of literature, 
philosophy, history, and travel. He is a member of the Masonic order. 




Schirmer, Godfrey 



pODFREY SCHIRMER, one of the leading financiers of the West, 
was born in Hoboken, N. J., December 5, 1863. He received his 
education in Germany. Later he was employed in a London bank, and 
returned to the United States in 1883. In 1886, Mr. Schirmer located in 
Denver, taking employment as a clerk and cigar salesman. In 1898 
the Schirmer Insurance and Investment Company was formed and Mr. 
Schirmer branched out into larger operations as a financier. He is an 
officer and director of many of the biggest industrial and financial organ- 
izations of the West. He is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Athletic 
Club and is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. In 1905 he was married to 
Anna Nagel, deceased. 




Schroedei\ Charles E. 

pHARLES E. SCHROEDER. president of the Denver Restaurant Keep- 
ers" Association, was born in Denver, June 21, 1879. He is interested 
in several large business organizations. He is secretary of the Hoff- 
Schroeder Cafeteria Company, Denver, secretary of the Hoff-Schroeder 
Farm, at Bendemeer, and secretary and treasurer of the Lake Viejo Grape 
Fruit and Orange Company. Mr. Schroeder received his A.B. degree from 
the University of Colorado in 1902. He is a member of the Delta Phi 
fraternity, Denver Rotary Club, Denver Civic and Commercial Associa- 
tion, Denver Athletic Club and Denver Motor Club. He belongs to the 
Elks, Odd Fellows, Sons of Colorado and is a Shriner. He married 
Edna E. Hoff, July 5, 1906. 




Schuyler, Karl C. 



1Z"ARL C. SCHLIYLER, Denver lawyer, active in civic, political, mining 
and oil affairs of the West, was born in Colorado Springs, April 3, 
1877. He was graduated from the University of Denver in 1899. Mr. 
Schuyler was first president of the Denver Community Chest, and was 
instrumental in founding that organization. In 1918 he was candidate 
for the Republican nomination for United States senator. Mr. Schuyler 
is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, Cherry Hills 
Club, University Club, Union League Club of New York, Cactus Club, 
Mile High Club, El Paso Club, Denver Press Club, Sons of the American 
Revolution, and Sons of Colorado. He is a Shriner and an Elk. Mr. 
Schuyler was married to Alsena Shepard, of Colorado Springs, in 1905. 




Schivalbe, O. Henry 

r\ HENRY SCHWALBE is general manager of the Argonaut Hotel 
Company, of Denver. A former resident of Chicago, he moved to 
Denver in 1915, but later returned East to attend Notre Dame University, 
where he received his degree in the spring of 1916. Mr. Schwalbe is sec- 
retary and assistant treasurer of the W. D. Smith Silver Company, Chicago, 
and is engaged in other business activities in Denver and elsewhere. He 
belongs to the Denver Athletic Club, Lakewood Country Club and the 
Butterfield Country Club of Chicago. He is a member of the Knights 
of Columbus. Mr. Schwalbe is not married. 




Schivartz, Jos. I, 



TpNTERING the business at the age of 12, Jos. I. Schwartz today is 
owner of one of the largest jewelry stores in the West. Mr. Schwartz 
was born in Europe, November 10, 1870. For many years, after coming 
to America, he was associated with the Crandall, Sexton & Washburn 
Company, manufacturing jewelers of New York City, as foreman. Later 
he started in the wholesale jewelry manufacturing business, but removed 
to Denver in 1890 and started a retail jewelry business. Fishing, golfing, 
motoring, art and music are Mr. Schwartz's hobbies. He is a member 
of the Rocky Mountain Country Club, Lions Club, Optimist, and Denver 
Motor clubs. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner, a member 
of the Elks, and the Denver Civic and Commercial Association. 




Seemann, Henry I. 

pAPTAIN HENRY I. SEEMANN is president of the Seemann Invest- 
ment and Finance Company, with extensive properties in Clear Creek 
County and in Cripple Creek. Mr. Seemann was born in Germany, Feb- 
ruary 3, 1858. He attended a military academy, similar to West Point, 
and upon coming to the United States joined the Georgia militia and 
in 1895 formed the Savannah Naval Reserves, serving as commander. 
He came to Colorado shortly thereafter and engaged in mining. Captain 
Seemann married Katherine R. Vittur, October 6, 1886. They have one 
daughter. Captain Seemann is a member of the Denver Athletic Club 
and Denver Motor Club. He is a Knight Templar, thirty-second degree 
Mason and a Shriner. His hobbies are literature and charities. 




Seerie. Edivard 



"C^DWARD SEERIE, of Denver, has been in the building and construc- 
tion business in the middle West for the past twenty years. He built 
the Colorado National Bank Building, erected the Civic Center, and 
built several large buildings in Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana. He 
is president of the Golden Fire Brick Company, and is also interested 
in the Denver Sewer Pipe and Clay Company. Mr. Seerie was born 
January 26. 1876, in Glamis, Forfarshire. Scotland, and settled in Colo- 
rado in 1890. He was married, September 27. 1916. to Miss Janet P. 
McNeil, daughter of John McNeil, one of the most prominent mining 
engineers and old-time residents of Colorado. He is a life member of 
the Denver Athletic Club, a member of the Denver Motor Club, and all 
thf Masonic bodies and the Shrine. 




Seerie. Peter 



"DETER SEERIE, constructing contractor and builder, of Denver, was 
the builder of Colorado's new state office building and many other 
handsome edifices. He was born in Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland, Feb- 
ruary 27, 1880, and settled in Colorado in 1890. He is a member of the 
Seerie & Varnum Company, and also is associated with his brother, 
Edward Seerie, in the construction business. Mr. Seerie was married on 
June 2, 1908, to Miss Elsa O. Himmelheber, and has a son and daughter. 
He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, Denver Motor Club, Cale- 
donian Club, and Masonic order. Included among his hobbies are hunt- 
ing and fishing. 




Shatz, Otto 



/^TTO SHATZ is one of Denver's old-time merchants. He has en- 
gaged in the grocery business practically ever since he removed to 
Denver in 1881, and, though his establishment is far out of the business 
district, he still retains scores of customers who have traded with him 
since the early "80s, when his store was more centrally located. Mr. Shatz 
was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1865. He began his business career in a 
grocery store. He was married to Ida J. MacNeil, in Denver, in 1905. 
He is a member of the Elks Lodge and the Woodmen of the World. For 
years he has been more or less interested in mining, and he still en- 
gages in that industry as a side line or hobby. 




Shearer, Roderick McDermott 

'T'WENTY-SIX years' experience in the meat-packing industry is the 
record of Roderick McDermott Shearer, of Denver, general manager 
of Armour & Company. He located in Denver in 1919, to become general 
manager of the organization. He formerly had been manager of the 
Armour packing plant in Indianapolis. He was born in Greensburg, Pa., 
April 4, 1875, and after graduating from Fordham University in 1895, 
associated himself with the packing industry. He was married to Anna 
Wadsworth Johnson, in Olean, N. Y., in 1902. Mr. Shearer is a member 
of the Denver Athletic Club, Lakewood Country Club and the Knights 
of Columbus. 




Sheedy, Dennis 



T^ENNIS SHEEDY, pioneer Coloradoan, is president and one of the 
organizers of the Denver Dry Goods Company, vice-president of the 
Colorado National Bank, and vice-president of the International Smelting 
Company, of New York. He was president and general manager of the 
Globe Smelting and Refining Company, of which he was one of the 
founders, from 1886 to 1900. He has followed the grocery business, 
freighting and cattle raising in a half dozen states. He was born in 
Ireland, September 26, 1846, and located in Denver in 1863. He was 
married to Katherine V. Ryan, who died in 1895. He was married again, 
in 1898. to Mary Teresa Burke, of Chicago. Mr. Sheedy belongs to the 
Denver Club, Denver Athletic Club, and Denver Country Club. 




Shoemaker, Joseph Addison 



JOSEPH ADDISON SHOEMAKER, general manager of the Denver 
Union Stockyards Company and a director of the Stockyards National 
Bank and the Western Stock Show Association, was born August 23, 1872, 
in Biggsville, 111., and removed to Colorado in 1913. He was married in 
1900 to Frances Warrick, at Norfolk, Neb. Mr. Shoemaker belongs to 
the Lakewood Country Club, Denver Athletic Club, Denver Civic and 
Commercial Association, Denver Tourist and Publicity Bureau, Masonic 
order, and Modern Woodmen. 




Shoup, Oliver Henry 



'T'WICE Governor of Colorado, Oliver H. Shoup came to Colorado 
Springs, his present residence, at the age of 13 from Atchison, Kan. 
He was born in Champaign County. 111.. December 13, 1869. In 1911, 
he formed the Midwest Oil Company and. two years later, the Midwest 
Refining Company. He was the first president of both corporations. 
Elected Governor in 1918, he was re-elected in 1920. Mr. Shoup is a direc- 
tor in the Exchange National and Colorado Savings Banks of Colorado 
Springs; holds membership in the El Paso and Broadmoor Golf Clubs 
of Colorado Springs, University and Country Clubs of Denver, Rocky 
Mountain Club of New York, and is an associate member of the Denver 
Press Club. He is a Presbyterian, married, and has three sons and 
a daughter. 




Silverstein. Harry S. 



TJARRY S. SILVERSTEIN, Denver attorney, was born in Syracuse, 
N. Y., September 3, 1873, and settled in Colorado in 1889. He was 
graduated from Yale in 1894, and studied law in the office of Allen B. 
Seaman, with whom he was associated in the practice until the latter's 
death in 1903. Mr. Silverstein served as deputy district attorney for the 
Denver district from 1905 to 1908, and was assistant district attorney 
from 1909 to 1912. During the war he served as a member of Governor 
Gunter's state military advisory council. He has been for some time 
connected with the University of Colorado, at Boulder, as lecturer on 
"Criminal Procedure." He was married to Eva Wilson Sickman on Sep- 
tember 3, 1907, and has two children. Mr. Silverstein belongs to the 
Elks, Denver Motor Club, Denver, Colorado and American Bar associa- 
tions, and the Denver Civic and Commercial Association. Tennis and 
motoring are his favorite diversions. 




Simpson^ Alex, Jr. 



ll/rANY of Denver's most imposing buildings evidence the skill of 
Alex Simpson, Jr., head of the contracting company which bears 
his name. Mr. Simpson, who located in Denver in 1905, had charge of 
the construction of the Daniels & Fisher Stores and Tower, the Tramway, 
Central Savings Bank, Foster, International Trust and Symes buildings. 
While a member of the C. S. Lambie Company, he directed construction 
work on Fitzsimons hospital. He has the contract for the new Presby- 
terian Hospital. Mr. Simpson was born in Greenoch, Scotland, July 21, 
1876. He was married to Julia H. Massie. October 2, 1902. Mr. Simpson 
is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, Denver Motor Club and the 
Kiwanis Club. He is a Shriner. 




Sinsheimer, Sidney W . 

CIDNEY W. SINSHEIMER. vice-president and general manager of 
the Holly Sugar Company, is known throughout the West as a leader 
in an industry already looming as one of Colorado's foremost, and des- 
tined to put the state far in the lead in the production of beet sugar. Mr. 
Sinsheimer located in Rocky Ford, Colo., in 1900, after engaging for 
several years in construction engineering. Later, he entered the sugar 
beet industry and became associated with the organization of which he 
now is manager. Mr. Sinsheimer was born in Vicksburg, Miss., April 
7. 1875. He attended the University of California, where he studied 
engineering. He is a member of the Cactus Club, Denver Athletic Club 
and University Club of Los Angeles, and is a Shriner and a member of 
the Elks Lodge. 




Smith, Carson W , 



pARSON W. SMITH, of Denver, president of the Consolidated Coal 
and Coke Company, removed to Colorado 16 years ago. From 1905 
to 1908 he served in the engineering department of the Colorado Fuel 
and Iron Company, and from 1910 to 1917 was superintendent of the 
Baum mine of the Consolidated Coal and Coke Company. In 1917 he 
became general superintendent of the properties of the company, holding 
this position until 1919, when he became president. Mr. Smith was grad- 
uated from the Michigan College of Mines. He was married to Mabel H. 
Baum, September 24, 1908. He has one son and one daughter. Mr. Smith 
belongs to the Sportsmen's Association and the Old Colony Club. 




Smith, Milton 



SPECIALIZING in corporation law, Milton Smith, Denver attorney, 
is one of the leading members of tlie legal fraternity of Colorado. 
He was born January 31. 1866, at Flatbrookville. New Jersey. He gradu- 
ated from Cornell University in 1887, receiving the degree of Ph. B. 
Two years later, after being admitted to the New York bar, he estab- 
lished himself in the law business in Denver. Mr. Smith is a member 
of the Chi Psi fraternity and is an honorary member of Phi Delta Phi 
fraternity. He belongs to the Denver Club, Cherry Hills Club, Univer 
sity Club, Denver Country Club, Lakewood Country Club. Denver Ath 
letic Club, Democratic Club. Denver Motor Club. Rocky Mountain Club. 
New York City, and is a Shriner and a member of the Knights of Pythias 
He was married in 1893 to Susan Jones in Cincinnati. His second wife 
was Aimee Nereshemer. 




Smith, Ralph W . 



r>ORN in Volo, 111., June 29, 1871, Ralph W. Smith, vice-president of 
the National Surety Company, removed to Denver in 1896. He is in 
executive charge of all the western territory of the company from Denver 
to the Pacific coast. He is also insurance underwriter of the Employers' 
Mutual Insurance Company of Colorado. Mr. Smith was graduated from 
Ohio Wesleyan University in 1888. He practiced law for several years. 
During the war he served as food administrator in Denver and was a 
director and head of the Colorado division of the American Protective 
League of the Department of Justice. Mr. Smith is a Shriner, Knight 
Templar and Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Denver Club, Denver 
Country Club, Lakewood Country Club and Denver Athletic Club. He 
was married to Katherine Allison of Denver. March 25. 1911. Baseball, 
golf and motoring are his chief pastimes. 




Solis^ Ramon 



T^OR 38 years Ramon Solis, founder of the Dry Climate Cigar Com- 
pany, has been in the cigar manufacturing business in Denver. Mr. 
Solis was born in Spain in 1855, and removed to Denver in 1883. In 
1885 Mr. Solis was married to Helen Rickey, who died in 1893. Several 
years later Mr. Solis was married to Mrs. M. H. Dyer. He is a member 
of the Lakewood Country Club. Denver Athletic Club, Denver Motor 
Club, Masonic and Elk Lodges. Golf, motoring and billiards provide 
him with his diversions. 




Sommers. Elmer E. 



T^LMER E. SOMMERS is president of the Sommers Oil Company, 
Denver, a member of the advisory board of the State Highway De- 
partment and a member of the board of governors of the Denver Motor 
Club. Likewise, he is a member of the board of directors of the Denver 
Mountain Parks system and the Denver Tourist and Publicity Bureau. 
Mr. Sommers was born in Cadiz, Ohio, November 16. 1868, and came to 
Colorado in 1882. He formerly was clerk of the Denver District Court and 
City Clerk of Denver. He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, 
Rocky Mountain Golf Club, Denver Press Club, Lions Club, Elks, Denver 
Civic and Commercial Association and the Junior Order of American 
Mechanics. 




Spicer, John Oliver 



/^NE of Denver's largest commercial establishments. The J. S. Brown 
Mercantile Company, is directed by John Oliver Spicer, general 
manager and treasurer. Born in Memphis, Tenn., July 12, 1875, he 
removed to Colorado in 1906, settling in Colorado Springs and engaging 
in the mercantile business. In 1913 he removed to Denver. Mr. Spicer 
is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, and Denver 
Athletic Club. He enjoys a round of golf or a motor trip. 




Spray, Walter J. 



A BANDONING farming to enter the commercial world, Walter J. Spray, 
president of the Spray Coffee and Spice Company. Denver, has 
built up one of the biggest enterprises of the kind in the West. He was 
born in Bridgeport, Ind., June 14, 1864. In 1889 he removed to Denver, 
and in 1904 organized the business of which he is now the head. Mr. 
Spray completed an academic course at Plainfield, Ind. He was married 
to Martha W. Wooton of Glens Falls, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1890. He is a 
member of the Denver Athletic Club, Lakewood Country Club, Rotary 
Club and Denver Motor Club. Mr. Spray is an outstanding authority 
on coffee. 




Standart, Frederick W. 



"PREDERICK W. STANDART. insurance man of Denver, was born in 
Brooklyn. N. Y., June 25, 1865. He removed to Denver wlien he was 
14. He attended East Denver High School. In 1895 he became a mem- 
ber of the firm of Brannen, Standart and Kellogg, later becoming treas- 
urer of the Morey Mercantile Company. In 1906, following the death 
of his two former partners, he purchased the business and re-established 
the firm under his own name. In 1919 the firm became Standart & 
Main. Mr. Standart was president of the National Association of Credit 
Men in 1901. He was married to Carrie M. C.lough, of Denver, in 1890. 
He is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, Denver Ath- 
letic Club, and is a thirty-second degree Mason. In his leisure hours 
he enjoys fishing and outdoor sports. 




Standley, Ellen Maria (Deceased) 



\ MONG the earliest pioneers to venture West and settle in Colorado, 
was the late Ellen Maria Standley, wife of Joseph Standley, dis- 
coverer of the famous California gold mine in Gilpin County and a 
director of the Denver National Bank until his death in Denver on 
January 14, 1917. Mrs. Standley was born in Ireland, February 2, 1836. 
She settled in Central City in 1863, after crossing the plains with her 
husband from Peru, Neb., during the Indian uprisings. Mrs. Standley's 
death occurred on May 19, 1922. She was the donor of the famous 
Joseph Standley Memorial wing to the Colorado Museum of Natural 
History, in City Park, Denver, and contributed many other monuments 
which lend beauty and dignity to the city. She was a woman of intense 
civic pride and was an ardent devotee of fine literature. 




Stanek, W illiam F. 

/^NE of Denver's younger business men is William F. Stanek, vice- 
president and general manager of the John Thompson Grocery Com- 
pany, one of the largest establishments of its kind in the West. He was 
born November 3, 1881, in Chicago, 111., and removed to Colorado in 
1906. For nine years Mr. Stanek was confidential man for the Reid- 
Murdock Company of Chicago. Energetic and enthusiastic about the 
West and its business opportunities, Mr. Stanek has become one of the 
substantial factors in Denver's mercantile world. He was married to 
Sarah Hutchinson, of Chicago, August 27, 1907. He is a Mason. 




Stannard, Clare N. 



/^LARE N. STANNARD is vice-president and general manager of the 
Denver Gas and Electric Light Company. He came to Denver 
in 1897 from Binghamton, N. Y., and has been connected with the big 
Denver utility company for more than 24 years. For many years he 
worked under the direction of the late Frank W. Frueauff, former presi- 
dent of the company. Mr. Stannard was born in Friendship, N. Y., Nov. 
13, 1869, and was married to Josephine Thompson in 1891. Mr. Stannard 
is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Athletic Club, Denver Rotary 
Club, Denver Press Club, Denver Motor Club, Denver Civic and Commer- 
cial Association, Denver Tourist and Publicity Bureau, Rocky Mountain 
Committee on Public Utility Information, National Electric Light Asso- 
ciation, and the Reform Club of New York City. 




Steel, Leonard R. (Deceased) 



T EONARD R. STEEL was the organizer of the L. R. Steel Corporation, 
which comprises seventy-five stores, the latest of which was re- 
cently completed in Denver. He was born 44 years ago in Middletown, 
Pa. His first job was with the Foster-Post Company in a 5 and 10 cent 
store in Flint, Mich. Later he became manager of that company. Mr. 
Steel was a member of many business and social clubs and societies in 
Buffalo. He had a western branch office in Denver. He died in the East, 
March 22, 1923. 




Stenger, Ernest 



Xj^RNEST STENGER, receiver for the Denver Tramway Company, and 
president and general manager of the Denver and Intermountain 
Railroad Company, was born in Colmar, Alsace, France, Sept. 25, 1865. 
Coming to America as a youth, he attended the University of 'Michigan, 
from which he was graduated in 1886. He has had a long and Varied ex- 
perience in the railway industry and served in the Transportation Corps 
overseas in the war. He came to Denver in 1920 to take charge of the 
Denver Tramway Company. He was married to Emma J. Jones in 1894. 
His son, Riess, is cashier of the First National Bank, of Dolores, Colo. 
Mr. Stenger is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Athletic Club, 
Kansas City Club and is a Mason. 




Stacker^ Allison 



\ PIONEER among Denver residents, Allison Stocker is one of the 
outstanding contractors and builders of the city. He was born in 
St. Clair, Pa.. August 11, 1862, and removed to Leadville, March 29, 
1880, and to Denver in 1882. He has been state treasurer and city treas- 
urer of Denver. Mr. Stocker has been connected with many of the 
largest building projects of Denver and the West. He is a member of 
and past president of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association, also 
a member of the Boulevard Congregational Church, the Lions Club, 
Woodmen of the World, and Modern Woodmen. He is a Knight Tem- 
plar and member of the Consistory and served as illustrious potentate of 
El Jebel Temple. Mr. Stocker delights in music and enjoys baseball. 




StolL Herbert M. 



TTERBERT M. STOLL is vice-president and general manager of the 
Joslin Dry Goods Company of Denver, a position he has occupied 
for more than fifteen years. He has engaged in the dry goods business 
for approximately 30 years. Mr. Stoll was born in Quincy, 111., June 19, 
1864, and removed to Colorado in 1887. Before joining the Joslin or- 
ganization he was for two years with the Daniels & Fisher Dry Goods 
Company. He was married to Lucille Havekorst, in Denver, July 2, 1900. 
He is a member of all Masonic bodies, the Denver Club, Denver Ath- 
letic Club, Denver Country Club and Lakewood Country Club. Golf is 
one of his favorite pastimes. 




Stone, Joel E, 



TOEL E. STONE, one of Denver's younger lawyers, was graduated from 
Westminster Law School in 1916. He was born in Denver, February 
29, 1892. Before completing his law course, he engaged in a number of 
activities, and at one time was a railroad telegraph operator. He was 
associated in the law practice with William H. Gabbert. former supreme 
court justice, from 1916 to 1918, and was employed by the Union Pacific 
Railroad as assistant counsel from 1918 to 1920. He now carries on 
a general law practice. Mr. Stone was married to Miss Cleo Freeman, of 
Denver, in 1916. He is a life member of the Denver Motor Club, Mount 
Vernon Country Club, and various Masonic bodies. Motoring is his pet 
diversion. 




Sturgeon, David D. 

"TVAVID D. STURGEON, owner and manager of the Sturgeon Electric 
Company, Denver, was born in Newark, Ohio, March 16, 1879. He 
removed to Denver when he was 15 years old. He learned the electrical 
business as a youth and after a number of years, started in as a contractor 
for himself, later organizing the Sturgeon Electric Company. Mr. Stur- 
geon was married to Edith Thomas on May 14, 1909. They have two 
daughters, Ruth and Edith Jane. Mr. Sturgeon is a member of the 
Denver Rotary Club, Denver Motor Club, Electrical Co-operative League, 
and the Master Builders" Association. He is an enthusiastic motorist. 




SuchotzkL Charles V. 



'T'HE story of a struggling immigrant, trained in a Russian military 
school, who conquered the obstacles which confronted him in a 
strange land and rose to a position of respect and responsibility in the 
business world, is interwoven in the life of Charles V. Suchotzki, pro- 
prietor of the Edelweiss Cafe in Denver. When Mr. Suchotzki. who was 
born in Russia, Nov. 4, 1887, landed in New York his total wealth was 
$10. That was in 1907. Seven years later, after he had selected Denver 
for his home, he acquired ownership of the Edelweiss Cafe. On Septem- 
ber 15. 1920, Mr. Suchotzki was married to Elizabeth Higgins of Brighton, 
Colo. He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, Denver Motor Club, 
Knights of Pythias and Elks Lodge of Denver. 




Sullivan, Patrick J, 



pATRICK J. SULLIVAN, of Casper, Wyo., is widely known in the 
West as a power in the financial world and the Republican party. 
Born in Ireland on March 17, 1865, Mr. Sullivan, as a boy, came to this 
country and located in Wyoming. Mr. Sullivan is engaged in the woo!, 
sheep and banking business. He also has numerous other interests that 
cover a wide field. He served for 22 years in the Wyoming legislature. He 
is now serving his second term as Republican National Committeeman 
from Wyoming. In 1894 Mr. Sullivan was married to Nano Mahoney. 
He has four daughters. He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, 
Rocky Mountain Motor Club, Cheyenne Country Club and the Chicago 
Yacht Club. 




Swan, Henry 



TTENRY SWAN of the Bankers" Trust Company, Denver, investment 
banker and financial authority, is a native of Colorado. He was 
born in Denver, Dec. 9, 1883. He received his preliminary education in 
the public schools and was graduated from Princeton in 1905. For two 
years he engaged in railroad construction work, after which he organized 
the bond firm of Swan and Co. In 1917 and 1918 he was assistant man- 
ager of the American Red Cross. Mountain Division, later entering the 
Naval Reserve Flying Corps. Following the war he helped organize 
the Bankers' Trust Company. Mr. Swan was married to Carla Denison, 
of Denver, January 1, 1907. He is a member of the Denver Club, Uni- 
versity Club, Denver Country Club, Cactus Club and the Mile High Club. 




Sweet, William E. 



VVT^ILLIAM E. SWEET, of Denver, business and financial leader, was 
elected Governor of Colorado on November 7, 1922. Governor Sweet 
was born in 1869, and settled with his parents in Colorado Springs in 
1871, removing to Denver in 1893. He is a graduate of Swarthmore Col- 
lege, Pennsylvania. He has four children. He is a splendid example of 
the business man of broad vision and open mind. Mr. Sweet was active 
in Y. M. C. A. work in France during the war, and led many recruiting 
campaigns and Liberty Loan drives in this country before the signing of 
the armistice. He has been president of the Denver Y. M. C. A. for 
21 years. Governor Sweet belongs to the University Club, Denver Coun- 
try Club, Denver Press Club, and various civic and philanthropic 
organizations. 




Taylor, Robert G. 

TJOBERT G. TAYLOR, known throughout oil circles in Montana and 
Wyoming, is president of the Glenrock Oil Company, vice-president 
and general manager of the Marine Oil Company, and president of the 
Taylor-Clay Brokerage and Investment Company, of Denver. Mr. Taylor 
is a native of Colorado, having been born in Denver, February 16, 1883. 
He attended the University of Wyoming from 1900 to 1905, completing 
a special course in mining and engineering. Mr. Taylor married Florence 
Mott, December 25, 1912. He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, 
Lakewood Country Club, and the Elks lodge. 




Thatcher, John A. (Deceased) 



nPHE late John Albert Thatcher was founder of the extensive Thatcher 
mercantile and banking business in Pueblo, Colo. With his brother, 
Mahlon D. Thatcher, he organized the First National Bank of Pueblo, 
in 1871. He was an officer also of the Pueblo Savings and Trust Com- 
pany and was interested in the First National Bank and the International 
Trust Company of Denver, also various financial and business organiza- 
tions in Otero and Bent counties, Lake City and Trinidad. Mr. Thatcher 
was born in Pfoutz Valley, Perry County, Pa., August 25, 1836, and 
removed to Denver in 1862. He located in Pueblo in 1863. He was 
married to Margaret A. Henry, of Pueblo, April 17, 1866. Five children 
were born. Mr. Thatcher died August 14, 1913. He belonged to many 
pioneer and patriotic societies. 




Thatcher, John H. 

JOHN H. THATCHER, of Pueblo, is president of the Thatcher Cattle 
Company, director of the First National Bank, vice-president of the 
First National Bank of Lamar, Colo., and a director of the First National 
Bank of Clarendon, Texas. Likewise, he has heavy land and cattle inter- 
ests in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. He was born in Pueblo, June 
10. 1872. and since has been a continuous resident of that city, and has 
contributed much to the upbuilding of southern Colorado generally. Mr. 
Thatcher was married, April 9, 1902, to Ethel McMann. They have one 
son and two daughters. He is a member of the Minnequa Club, Kiwanis 
Club and the Pueblo Golf Club, and also is an Elk. 




Thatcher, Joseph Addison (Deceased) 



"C'OR years one of the most picturesque figures in Colorado, Joseph 
Addison Thatclier, miner, financier and philanthropist, died October 
25, 1918. Born in Shelby County, Kentucky, July 31, 1838, Mr. Thatcher 
crossed the plains in an ox-cart in 1865 and settled in Central City. He 
engaged in the "advancing" business at that place until 1880, when he 
came to Denver. In 1884 he organized the Denver National Bank. Fot 
more than thirty years he served as president of the institution. At the 
time of his death he was chairman of the board of directors. Mr. 
Thatcher was educated at Jones Commercial College, St. Louis. He was 
married to Frances Kintley, of St. Louis, at Central City in 1865. The 
beautiful Thatcher memorial, which stands at the gateway to Denver's 
City Park, is an enduring monument to this sturdy pioneer of th? old 
West. 




Thatcher, Mahlon D. (Deceased) 



T^HE late Mahlon D. Thatcher, of Pueblo, who contributed so much 
to the upbuilding of Colorado, was born in New Buffalo, Pa., Decem- 
ber 6, 1839. He came West in 1865. He was married in 1876 to Luna A. 
Jordan. Mr. Thatcher died February 22, 1916. Mr. Thatcher was prom- 
inently identified with the early history of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa 
Fe Railroad. He was one of the founders of the Thatcher Brothers Bank, 
later the First National Bank. He was chairman of the board of directors 
of the First National Bank of Denver, president of the International 
Trust Company, president of the First National Bank of Trinidad, vice- 
president of the Pueblo Savings and Trust Company, president of the 
Minnequa Bank, and a stockholder and officer of a dozen smaller banks 
in Colorado. He also was a director in the American Smelting and Refin- 
ing Company, Great Western Sugar Company, Standard Fire Brick Com- 
pany, Cement Securities Company, Nevada-California Electric Corpora- 
tion, Hatchet Cattle Company, Bloom Cattle Company, and Diamond A 
Cattle Company. Also he was a trustee of Colorado College. 




Tietz. Robert H. 



OANKING as one of the leading contractors in Denver is Robert H. 
Tietz, a resident of Colorado since 1918. He has handled some of 
the largest building projects in the West, and at present is erecting 
a number of large, fashionable apartment houses in Denver. He has 
been a contractor for 18 years. Mr. Tietz was born in Cleveland, Ohio, 
November 17, 1888, and settled in Denver in 1918. Mr. Tietz was mar- 
ried in 1900 to Louise C. Firestein, of Chicago. They have one daughter. 
He belongs to the Gentlemen's Driving and Riding Club, also the Denver 
Motor Club. Mr. Tietz is an enthusiast of motoring and good roads, and 
is a lover of golf, hunting and fishing. 




Toll, Henry Wolcott 



TTENRY WOLCOTT TOLL, Denver attorney and state senator, was 
horn in Denver, November 5, 1887. He is a son of Cliarles H. Toll, 
formerly attorney-general of Colorado, and a nephew of former L'nited 
States Senator Edward 0. Wolcott. He graduated from Williams College 
in 1909 and studied law at Harvard and Denver universities. Until 1916 
he was connected with the law firm of Hughes & Dorsey. He was mar- 
ried to Cyrena Van Syckel Martin, of Pl^ladelphia, March 29, 1918. 
Mr. Toll is a member of the Kappa Alpha and the Phi Delta Phi. He 
was a charter member of the Civic League, Colorado Mountain Club, 
Colorado Genetic Association, Colorado Young Republicans Club, City 
Club and Law Club. He is a life member of the Denver Athletic Club 
and Denver Country Club, and a member of the American, Colorado and 
Denver Bar associations, and of the Cactus Club and Mile High Club. 




Trott, Alfred Blake 

A LFRED BLAKE TROTT, of Denver, is vice-president of the Daniels 
& Fisher Stores Company. He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Septem- 
ber 11, 1877, and removed to Colorado in 1898, settling in Denver. Mr. 
Trott was married, September 19, 1905, to Lena May Harper, daughter 
of former Lieutenant Governor E. R. Harper, widely known in Repub- 
lican politics in Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Trott devote much of their 
time each year to traveling in search of rare merchandise for distribution 
in Denver. Mr. Trott is a director of the Denver Club and a member of 
the Cherry Hills Club. He is a Mason, belonging to Oriental Blue Lodge, 
Denver, Denver Commandery No. 25. and El Jebel Shrine, and is vice- 
president of the Denver Tourist and Publicity Bureau. 




Turner^ George E. 



f^ EORGE E. TURNER is president and general manager of the Turner 
Moving and Storage Company, of Denver. He was born August 26, 
1859, at Lewis, Cass County, Iowa. His parents moved to Colorado in 
1861, settling in Central City. Mr. Turner engaged in the express busi- 
ness in Denver until 1885, when he went into the moving and storage 
business, building it into one of the largest exclusive household goods 
storage organizations in Colorado. Mr. Turner is a member of the Rotary 
Club. Advertising Club, Real Estate Exchange. Rocky Mountain Motor- 
ists. Inc., Civic and Commercial Association, Denver Motor Club, Elks, 
Woodmen of the World, and American Yeomen. He is a good roads 
advocate and a booster for mountain parks. 




Tutt, Charles Learning 



/^HARLES LEAMING TUTT, managing director of the Broadmoor 
Hotel at Colorado Springs, is identified with a large number of suc- 
cessful enterprises. He is president of the Beaver Park Company, secre- 
tary-treasurer of the Grand River Valley Railroad Company, Grand 
Junction Gas and Electric Company, and Granite Gold Mining Company. 
He is a director of the Colorado Title and Trust Company, First National 
Bank, Garden City Sugar Company, Cragmoor Sanitorium and Pike's 
Peak Highway Company. Mr. Tutt was born in Colorado Springs, Jan- 
uary 9, 1889. He was married to Eleanor Armit of Colorado Springs, 
August 17, 1909. He belongs to the El Paso Club, Cheyenne Mountain 
Club, Broadmoor Golf Club, Rocky Mountain Club of New York. Denver 
Club, Denver, and the Society of the Cincinnati. 




Vail, John F. 



JOHN F. VAIL was born March 18, 1860, in the province of Ontario, 
Canada. He moved to the United States in 1871 and in 1880 settled 
in Denver. He was for a number of years connected with the old Denver 
City Railway, when that company had but twelve bob-tail cars and 
Denver a population of about 35,000. In 1888 he moved to Pueblo and 
electrified the Pueblo street railway system of that city, and in 1897 
consolidated all the electric light, power and street railway companies 
into one system, and managed the new company until 1911, when it was 
sold to the H. M. Byllesby Syndicate, of Chicago. Mr. Vail was the 
founder of the Pueblo Star-Journal, of which he still is president, and 
is connected with a number of mining, livestock and land enterprises. 
He is president of the Bachelor Mining and Milling Company, of Creede, 
Colo. Mr. Vail was food administrator for Pueblo County during the 
World War. He is a member of the Denver Club, a lover of fishing, 
hunting and literature. 




Vaile, Mrs. Anna Wolcott 



jy/TRS. ANNA WOLCOTT VAILE, prominent in the educational field 
and one of Denver's most ardent workers for civic welfare and 
progress, founded the Wolcott School for Girls in 1898. She was a regent 
of the University of Colorado from 1910 to 1916. She has been a director 
of the School of American Archaeology and at different times has served 
as vice-president of the Colorado society of that organization. Also she 
has served on the state civil service commission and as president of the 
Colorado Society of Colonial Dames. She formerly was director from 
Colorado for the General Federation of Women's Clubs and was appointed 
by Will H. Hays as a member of the national committee to assist the 
Republican party in the presidential campaign. Mrs. Vaile was born 
in Providence, R. I. She is the widow of the late Joel F. Vaile, Denver 
attorney, who died in California, April 3, 1916. She attended Wellesley 
College. 




Van Mater, Harry 

TTARRY VAN MATER, widely-known coal operator, organizer and 
head of the National Fuel Company, has been a continuous resident 
of Denver since May 5, 1893. He was born in Red Bank, N. J., September 
26, 1860. Mr. Van Mater followed railroading for many years before 
engaging in the coal industry. He has held various positions of trust with 
the Colorado & Southern Railroad, and opened the coal properties of the 
road in 1904. He was married to Frances Aikin, in Dallas, Texas, in 
1892. Mr. Van Mater belongs to the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, 
Denver Motor Club, Broadmoor Golf Club of Colorado Springs, and other 
exclusive organizations. He is a lover of good books. 




Vaughn, Harold Lane 



/^RGANIZING the Mountain States Machinery Company, in 1908, 
Harold Lane Vaughn, general manager of the company, has built one 
of the largest concerns of its kind in Denver. Until 1907 he was chief 
engineer for the Ball & Wood Machinery Company. Mr. Vaughn is 
district representative of the Crocker-Wheeler Motors Company and 
Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Company. Mr. Vaughn was born in 
Salem, Ohio, October 14, 1880, and was graduated from Roanoke College 
at Salem in 1901. He was married to Grace Gould, of Denver, June 10, 
1913. He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, Denver Athletic Club, 
Denver Civic and Commercial Association, Denver Motor Club, and 
Electrical Co-operative League. He finds recreation in motoring, fishing, 
hunting and golf. 




Wade, Will H. 



'T'WENTY years in the bond business with an enviable record as direc- 
tor of sales for Indiana of all Liberty Loans, Will H. Wade, manager 
of the investment department of the United States National Bank, is an 
authority on investments. Mr. Wade was born in La Grange, Ind., April 
19, 1878, and removed to Denver in 1920. Prior to locating in Denver, 
he had served as managing vice-president of the Fletcher American Com- 
pany, of Indianapolis, president of the Indianapolis stock exchange and 
as a bank official. Graduating from De Pauw University in 1901, Mr. 
Wade was married to Elma Leta Patton, of Rushville, Ind., the following 
year. He is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Denver Civic 
and Commercial Association, Denver Club, board of governors of Invest- 
ment Bankers' Association of America, Columbia Club of Indianapolis, 
and Masonic order. 




Walsen. Fred G. 



WALSENBURG, COLO., owes its name to the family of Fred G. Wal- 
sen. Mr. Walsen was born Ju'y 1.3, 1878. at Walsenburg. and is now 
engaged in the loan and investment business in Denver. With his father, 
Mr. Walsen engaged in banking in Walsenburg. Although not a college 
graduate, he is considered a leader among the business men of Denver. 
He is a member of Huerfano Lodge No. 27, and Walsenburg Chapter 
No. 27, at Walsenburg, and of Coronal Commandery No. 36, Colorado 
Consistory No. 1, and the Shrine, Denver. For the past five years he has 
been treasurer of his consistory. Mr. Walsen is a life member of the 
following: Denver Motor Club, Huerfano County Motor Club, Rocky 
Mountain Motorists, Inc., Denver Chapter American Red Cross, Navy 
League of the United States, National Geographic Society, Denver Civic 
and Commercial Association, and Walsenburg Commercial Club. 




Warren, Jay Lott 



"INCLUDED among those most active in the oil industry in the West 
is Jay Lott Warren, secretary and treasurer of the Mountain Producers 
Corporation and treasurer of the Kinney-Coastal Oil Company. Mr. War- 
ren was born in Illinois, July 17, 1878. He removed to Colorado when 
he was 10 years old. He was one of the three incorporators of the Mid- 
west Oil Company. In 1920 he became treasurer and secretary of the 
Mountain Producers Company. He was secretary-treasurer of the Salt 
Creek Producers Association from 1918 to 1920, and is now secretary- 
treasurer of the Wyoming Associated Oil Corporation. He was married 
to Ellen N. Slater, on May 7, 1903, and has one daughter. Mr. Warren 
is a member of the Denver Club, Denver Athletic Club, Lakewood Country 
Club, and Denver Motor Club. Also, he is an Elk and a Mason. 




Waterman^ Charles W . 

TN Charles W. Waterman, general counsel for the Great Western Sugar 
Company, and for more than fifteen years Colorado counsel for the 
New York and Mutual insurance companies, and lately counsel for the 
Metropolitan and Home insurance companies, Colorado has an attorney 
which any state would be proud to claim. Mr. Waterman, who also is 
counsel for the San Luis Valley Land and Cattle Company, came to 
Colorado in 1889, shortly after receiving his degree of LL.B. from the 
University of Michigan. He received his A.B. from the University of 
Vermont in 1885, and returned to that institution in 1922 to receive the 
LL.D. degree. He was born in Waitsfield, Vt., November 2, 1861, and 
was married in 1890 to Anna R. Cook, formerly of Burlington, Vt. Mr. 
Waterman is a trustee of the University of Vermont and belongs to the 
Denver Country Club, Union League Club of New York. Rocky Mountain 
Club of New York, Congressional Country Club, of Washington, D. C, 
and the Knights of Pythias lodge. He resides in Denver. 




Wayne, Frances Belford 

"C'RANCES BELFORD WAYNE, better known to thousands of readers 
as "Frances Wayne," needs no introduction. Mrs. Wayne, who for 
many years has been a leading feature writer for The Denver Post, is 
the daughter of Judge and Mrs. James B. Belford, both deceased. She 
was born in La Porte, Ind. She obtained her education in the public 
schools and through private tutors. She began her newspaper career in 
1907 and has been engaged since that time principally by The Denver 
Post and the Chicago Examiner. Mrs. Wayne is active in the Denver 
Woman's Press Club, the Wliy Club, tiie Professional Women's League, 
and the Business and Professional Women's Club and other societies. 




Weicker, Robert V. 



"p OBERT V. WEICKER, of Denver, president of The Weicker Transfer 
and Storage Company, and a substantial stockholder in the Home 
Savings and Trust Company, was born in Charleston, St. Charles County, 
Mo., December 9, 1864. Mr. Weicker located in Colorado in 1888 and 
immediately entered upon various business activities. For the most part 
he has followed the storage and transfer business throughout his residence 
in the state. Mr. Weicker was married August 7, 1895, to Miss Florence 
C. Street and has two daughters, Irma, 19, and Eunice, 16. He is a 
director of the National Warehouse Association, a member of A'bert 
Pike Lodge, No. 117, A. F. & A. M., Denver Chapter, No. 29, the Com- 
mandery. No. 25, El Jebel Shrine, B. P. O. E., No. 17, Civic and Com- 
n^ercial Association, Denver Athletic Club and Denver Motor Club. He 
is an admirer of horses, upon which he is an authority. His diversions 
are motoring, fishing and hunting. 




Welboni, Jesse Floyd 

JESSE FLOYD WELBORN, of Denver, president of The Colorado Fuel 
and Iron Company, was born in Nebraska, March 9, 1870. From 
November, 1887, to August, 1890, he worked in banks in Indianola and 
McCook, Nebraska. In August, 1890, he removed to Denver and entered 
the employ of the Colorado Fuel Company (predecessor of the Colorado 
Fuel and Iron Company) as a clerk. From 1899 to 1903 he was general 
sales agent of the company. He was vice-president from 1903 until 
Marcli, 1907, when, on the death of F. J. Hearne, he was elected president 
of the company. Mr. Welborn was married on June 2, 1903, to Ada 
Elizabeth Baker of Milwaukee, Wis. He belongs to the Denver Club, 
Denver Country Club, Rocky Mountain Club of New York and the Con- 
gressional Club of Washington, D. C. 




Wertz, Ralph Everett 

T>ALPH EVERETT WERTZ, of Casper, Wyo., general manager of the 
Producers and Refiners' Corporation, with which he became associated 
in 1917, was born in Tipton, Iowa, November 15, 1876. He located in 
Wyoming in 1905. For several years he was a passenger conductor on 
the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. Wertz field in Wyoming, where 
the Producers and Refiners' has a large production of oil, also a daily 
output of 42,000,000 cubic feet of gas, was discovered by and named for 
Mr. Wertz. Mr. Wertz, the father of three sons, was married October 17, 
1900, to Cora Cox. He is a member of the Denver Athletic Club, the 
Denver Motor Club and various Masonic bodies and the Elks. He is an 
ardent out-of-doors sportsman, hunting and fishing being his chief delights. 




White, Roy Allan 



"DOY ALLAN WHITE, president of the White & Johnson Construction 
Company, was born in Jennings, La., May 27, 1884. He removed to 
Colorado with his family in January, 1920, and resides in Denver. He 
was given two degrees by the LUiiversity of Iowa in 1908 and 1912, 
respectively. He was married to Miss Marguerite Moore on September 
21, 1912, and has two sons. Following completion of his education, Mr. 
White engaged in engineering of various kinds. From 1908 to 1910 he 
was employed on the engineering staff of the Milwaukee railroad. He 
was district engineer for the LInited States Insular Service at Manila, 
Philippine Islands, and served as senior assistant engineer for the Chinese 
government railn ad service from 1913 to 1916. He was wounded by 
a stray bullet during the Chinese revolution in 1917 at Peking. Mr. 
White is a member of the Delta Tau Delta, Elks and Masonic Blue Lodge. 
Golf is his hobby. 




Whitted, Elmer E. 

"CALMER E. WHITTED, attorney -at-law and general solicitor for the 
Colorado & Southern Railroad since its organization in 1898. came to 
Colorado to make his home more than thirty-two years ago and has been 
a continuous resident of Denver ever since. Mr. Whitted also is general 
attorney for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad for two western 
divisions, and is generally regarded as one of the most thoroughly versed 
attorneys on railroad affairs in the country. Mr. Whitted was born April 
11, 1861. in Williamsburg, Ind., and was graduated from De Pauw Uni- 
versity in 1887. He was married to Genevieve Ghost on May 5, 1903. 
He belongs to the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Denver Club, Denver 
Country Club, and American, Colorado and Denver bar associations, 
also the Masonic Blue Lodge in Denver. Golf is his only hobby. 




Wild, Fred 



/^NCE a railroader, always a railroader, holds true with Fred Wild, 
chief traffic officer for the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad 
system, with offices in Denver. Mr. Wild, who for years has been prom- 
inently identified with the growth and development of the rail lines over 
the West, was born in Kenosha, Wis. He has been a continuous resident 
of Colorado for the last 34 years. He ventured into the West less than 
seven years after the completion of his higher education at Williams 
College, in Massachusetts. He was married to Gertrude W. Brant, in 
April, 1922. Mr. Wild has one daughter by a former marriage. Driving 
horses and home life are among his hobbies. Mr. Wild belongs to the 
Kappa Alpha fraternity and is a member of the Denver Club and Wood- 
men of the World. 




Willcox, Charles MacAllister 

pHARLES MacALLISTER WILLCOX was born in San Francisco, 
Calif., March 10, 1870. He is a son of Major General O. B. Willcox, 
a distinguished officer of the Mexican and Civil wars. Mr. Willcox 
located in Denver in 1890. He was a writer for the Denver Times and the 
Rocky Mountain News until 1895. He was assistant adjutant genera^, 
with the rank of colonel, in the Colorado National Guard, until January, 
1898, when he resigned to become associated with The Daniels & Fisher 
Stores Company, of which he is now president. Mr. Willcox is a member 
of the Denver Club, Denver Country Club, Cherry Hills Club, Denver 
Athletic Club, and is treasurer of the Denver Press Club. He was chair- 
man of a committee appointed by Mayor Speer which originated the 
Denver Civic Center. Mr. Willcox was married to de Pazza Roberts, in 
1906. They have one child, Elaine Daniels Willcox. 




Williams, Eugene Thomas 

"PUGENE THOMAS WILLIAMS, of Casper, Wyo., began his career in 
the oil industry at the age of 18. He discovered the existence of 
what is known as the second oil sands. He is president of the E. T. 
Williams Oil Company, Williams Petroleum Company, Williams Gas 
Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Central Pipe Line Company. 
He controls the only independent pipe line running from the Salt Creek 
fields. Mr. Williams was born in Forest, Ohio, December 19, 1869. and 
settled in Wytfming in 1910. He was married to Annette Faulkner, May 
14, 1920. He is a member of the Los Angeles Athletic Club and the 
Denver Molor Club, and is a Mason. Fishing and hunting are his pet 
pastimes. 




Wilson, Arthur Duncan 

A RTHDR DUNCAN WILSON, president of a realty firm in Denver 
bearing his name, has engaged in the real estate business since 1906. 
He owns and is interested in a number of the more fashionable apart- 
ment houses. He was born in Denver, on October 15, 1885. Before 
entering the real estate business he was an electrical engineer. He 
attended Columbia University and the University of Colorado, graduating 
from the latter in 1908. He was married to Lillian Geisel, of Denver, hi 
1919. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Denver Club, Cherry Hills Club, 
Denver Motor Cub, Denver Athletic Club, Denver Civic and Commercial 
Association and various Masonic bodies. 




Wilson, Richard T. 



"DICHARD T. WILSON, of Denver, Colo., is a realtor and the head of 
the R. T. Wilson Company. He has been engaged in the real estate 
business in Denver for over 30 years and has been prominent in every 
movement looking to the growth and betterment of Denver. He is a mem- 
ber of the Rocky Mountain Country Club, Mount Vernon Country Club, 
Denver Civic and Commercial Association, Denver Trap Club, and the 
Knights of Pythias. 




Woodward, Frank Lincoln 

"pRANK LINCOLN WOODWARD, law>'er, scholar and business man 
of wide attainments, was born in Denver, June 16, 1866. He received 
the degrees, A.B., 1888; LL.B., 1890, at Yale. Admitted to Connecticut 
bar, 1890; Colorado bar, 1891. Mr. Woodward married May Farnam, of 
New Haven, Conn., February 10. 1891. During the World War period he 
was deputy food administrator for Colorado and identified with the Den- 
ver Chapter of the American Red Cross. Mr. Woodward is president of 
the Board of Water Commissioners, City and County of Denver. He 
helped establish the Denver Morris Plan Company. Mr. Woodward has 
been president of the Colorado Yale Association, Colorado Society of 
the Archaeological Institute of America, and University, and Denver 
Country Clubs. He was president of the Trans-Mississippi Golf Associa- 
tion in 1912; Western Golf Association in 1914, and U. S. Golf Associa- 
tion, lyiS and 1916; also Denver Federation for Charity and Philan- 
thropy, 1913-1922. He is a director of the Community Chest, and a 
member of prominent clubs in Denver, Chicago and New York City. He 
presented to the City the "Wynken, BIynken and Nod" statue located in 
Washington Park. 




Yetter, Edward J. 



"PDWARD J. YETTER, located in Denver in 1900 and established 
a manufacturing concern known as The Western Elaterite Roofing 
Company, of whicii he is the president. Mr. Yetter was born in St. Joseph, 
Mo. When a lad his family removed to Hastings, Neb., where his father 
and brother were engaged in the wholesale and retail wall-paper, paint 
and glass business. Mr. Yetter was married to Helen Armour Dean, of 
Chicago, daughter of the late Henry Dean. From 1911 to 1914 Mr. Yetter 
was an active member of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, ser\ing as 
treasurer and for two terms as president. He is a member of the Colo- 
rado Manufacturers and Merchants Association. Denver Civic and Com- 
mercial Association, Denver Motor Club, Denver Country Club, Rocky 
Mountain Motor Club, and the Masonic order. He delights in outdoor 
sports, especially in the mountains. 




Young, A. R. 



\ R. YOUNG, general superintendent of building construction for 
the military department of Colorado, has engaged in construction 
work of all kinds since he came to Colorado in 1879. He has watched 
with pride Denver's growth. Mr. Young was born December 25, 1856, 
at Lowell, Mass., and is single. He served as a Colorado state senator for 
four years, and at one time was alderman in Denver. Senator Young is 
widely known over Colorado and has contributed much to the upbuilding 
of the state. His lodge affiliations are confined to the Eagles order in 
Denver. Mr. Young is a lover of horses and dogs, and is devoted to vir- 
tually all out-of-door sports. 




Young, Joseph Hardie 



T3EGINNING as rodman with an engineering party. Joseph Hardie 
Young has risen to the position of president of the Denver & Rio 
Grande Western Railroad, with offices in Denver. Mr. Young was a mem- 
ber of the class of 1881 at Utah University. He has been connected with 
a number of railroads, navigation and electrical companies. He was 
senior assistant director of operations for the Railroad Administration 
during the war. He was married to Katherine Kimball Lawrence, Sep- 
tember 21. 1898. 




Youngerman, Harry Lehman 

A PIONEER in the development and growth of the Denver Union 
Stock Yards Company, Harry Lehman Youngerman, general manager 
of the National Western Stock Show, has done much to advance the 
livestock and cattle industry of the West. Mr. Youngerman settled in 
Colorado Springs, in 1905. He is a native of Des Moines, la., where he 
was born December 29, 1878. Before becoming general manager of the 
National Stock Show organization, he was traveling freight and passenger 
agent for the Rock Island Railroad, livestock agent for the Denver & Rio 
Grande Railroad, and, subsequently, general livestock agent for the 
Denver Union Stock Yards Company. He was graduated from St. John's 
Military Academy in 1898. and was married in 1900 to Pearl M. Green. 
To this union four sons were born — F. W., Harry L., Richard G., Robert 
L. Mr. Youngerman is a member of Delta Sigma Nu fraternity, the 
Gentlemen's Driving and Riding Club, Denver Civic and Commercial 
Association, and several Masonic bodies. Hunting and fishing are his 
diversions. 





Zahn, John Ednard 

f^ OOD road boosters in Colorado and the West generally are indebted 
to John Edward Zahn, secretary and treasurer of the United States 
Portland Cement Company, for the prime condition of many of the main 
highways. Mr. Zahn for years has taken an active interest in tiie building 
of better motor routes. He was born in Chicago, February 23, 1871, and 
removed to Colorado on September 1, 1890, making his home in Denver. 
He joined the Portland Cement organization in 1909. Mr. Zahn was 
married to Miss Lillie E. Miller in Chicago, May 19, 1892. He belongs 
to the Denver Rotary Club, Denver Civic and Commercial Association, 
Victory Highway Association, Motor Club, and United States Good Roads 
Association, in addition to various Masonic bodies. 




Zang, Philip A. 



pHILIP A. ZANG, a native of Denver, is president of The Western 
Appraisal Company, treasurer of The Capital Investment Company 
and a director of The American Bank and Trust Company. He was born 
January 4, 1883, and attended the public schools of Denver. He was 
graduated from the University of Michigan in 1907, and, returning to 
Denver, entered banking and financial circles. Mr. Zang was married 
September 11, 1912, to Ruth M. Burnell of Denver, and has five children. 
He belongs to the University Club, Cherry Hills Club, Denver Motor 
Club, Denver Athletic Club and Civic and Commercial Association. Also, 
he is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and of the Masonic order. 
His favorite diversions are fishing. Iniiiting and other out-door sports. 



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THE WAHLCREEN 
PUBLISHING CO., 
DENVER, COLO. 



